Objectives: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis primarily affecting children who are less than 5 years old. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is the standard therapy for KD. However ...

Research from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago strongly ...

Research from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago strongly suggests that Kawasaki disease is caused by a single respiratory virus that ...

A new systematic review explores AI’s role in vasculitis diagnosis, highlighting its accuracy in Kawasaki disease and ...

Treatment for Kawasaki disease is available. The primary disease treatment is injecting intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), ...

Previous infections or antibiotic prescriptions more than doubled the odds of Kawasaki disease. Researchers were “struck by the high frequency of infections and antibiotic prescriptions” just ...