Kawasaki disease in neonates: a case report and literature review
Mingjun Shen,
Die Liu,
Fang Ye
et al.
Abstract:Background
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology that affects infants and young children but is extremely rare in neonates, especially afebrile KD. We present a case of KD without fever in a neonate and review the literature on KD in neonates.
Case presentation
A newborn female was hospitalized because her peripheral blood leukocytes increased for half a day. The admission diagnosis was considered neonatal sepsis… Show more
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