Kawasaki Disease in Children

Abstract

Kawasaki Disease (KD), previously defined as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is a febrile illness caused by inflammation of the body's medium-sized blood vessels. Tomisaku Kawasaki first described it in 1967 as a self-limited acute vasculitic syndrome of unknown etiology. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IV) and high-dose oral aspirin should be begun within 10 days of disease onset along with aspirin.