Nonresolving pneumonia and rash in an adult: Pulmonary involvements in Kawasaki's disease

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 452-454

  Ugi, J ^a   Lepper, P M ^a   Witschi, M ^a   Maier, V ^a   Geiser, T ^a   Ott, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TROPONIN T;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENERALIZED EDEMA; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALMOPLANTAR KERATODERMA; PERCUSSION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHARYNX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RASH; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SORE THROAT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; OXYGEN; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76149092518     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00132309     Document Type: Letter

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