Kawasaki disease in siblings in close temporal proximity to each other-what are the implications?

被引：11

作者：

Banday, Aaqib Zaffar ^{[1
]}

Bhattacharya, Deepanjan ^{[1
]}

Pandiarajan, Vignesh ^{[1
]}

Singh, Surjit ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Post Grad Inst Med Educ & Res PGIMER, Dept Pediat, Allergy Immunol Unit, Adv Pediat Ctr, Chandigarh 160012, India

来源：

CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY | 2021年 / 40卷 / 03期

关键词：

Etiology; Infection; Kawasaki disease; Screening; Siblings; INFECTION; KOREA;

D O I：

10.1007/s10067-020-05328-5

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Kawasaki disease (KD) is the commonest medium vessel vasculitis in children. The etiology of KD remains an enigma despite extensive research. Infections are considered to be one of the triggers for KD, especially in genetically susceptible hosts. KD occurring within a short time interval among siblings is an important clinical observation supporting this hypothesis. In addition, siblings of children with KD are at a higher risk of developing the disease as compared with other children. Screening for KD in febrile siblings, therefore, seems prudent. This would help initiate timely therapy and prevent complications. We briefly review 16 English language reports of KD in siblings diagnosed within 1 month of each other to highlight its etiological and therapeutic implications.

引用

页码：849 / 855

页数：7

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