Kawasaki disease following Rocky Mountain spotted fever: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bal, Aswine K ^a   Kairys, Steven W ^a  

^a JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; SUPERANTIGEN;

ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOT EDEMA; HAND EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IRRITABILITY; KNEE PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PANCYTOPENIA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PETECHIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEPSIS; SEROCONVERSION; STOMATITIS; TICK BITE; VOMITING;

EID: 72249102815     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1752-1947-3-7320     Document Type: Article

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