Diagnosis of Kawasaki disease
ZHANG Li
Abstract：Typical diagnostic criteria for Kawasaki disease (KD) include:(1)the fever more than 5 days and invalid treatment with antibiotics;(2)changes in distal extremities,including erythema and edema of the hands and feet at acute phase and periungual desquamation of the fingers and toes at subacute phase;(3) polymorphous eruption;(4) bilateral bulbar conjunctival injection without exudate;(5)erythema of the lips,fissured lips and strawberry tongue;(6)cervical lymphadenopathy.The diagnostic criteria for classical KD include fever as essential condition accompanied by at least 5 of 6 items.It is important to note that there may be other diseases with similar performance,because of the non-specific diagnosis criteria for Kawasaki disease.
Keywords：Kawasaki diseaseclinical manifestationdiagnosisdifferential diagnosis
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 569-572 )