Reevaluation of streptococcal infection in the pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease
Shen, C.T.; Wu, H.Y.; Wang, N.K.; Huang, C.S.
Zhonghua Minguo Xiao Er Ke Yi Xue Hui Za Zhi Zhonghua Minguo Xiao Er Ke Yi Xue Hui 31(3): 144-150
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6578 PMID: 2275373 Document Number: 363176
Twenty-five sera from forty-nine children with Kawasaki disease (KD) in the convalescent stage, and 191 sera from controls did not disclose a higher anti-streptolysin O titer; 23 bacterial cultures from the throat swab of KD patients during the acute stage did not show a higher rate of streptococcal isolation. It was therefore concluded that there was no relation between the genesis of KD and direct immediate streptococcal infection.