Étude de onze nouveaux cas congolais de maladie de Kawasaki

摘要: Kawasaki's disease (KD) is a rarely described entity in Africa. The purpose of this work to describe the clinical, biological and evolutionary aspects KD Congolese child. This retrospective study 11 cases collected from 2003 2014 at University Hospital Brazzaville. diagnosis was based on criteria proposed by Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome Research Commitee validated Center for Disease Control grouping major originally Kawasaki updated American Heart Association. sex-ratioM/F 2.7 mean age 16.5 ± 5.9 months (range 9 43 months). average intake time 12.8 days 6 30). In nine there complete form. symptoms began with an invasion upper airway 8 cases. Achieving oropharyngeal form oral enanthema strawberry tongue / or angular cheilitis; it associated perineal erythema 7 Reaching end realized swelling and/or redness peeling finger gloves flap toes. latter occurred 3.5 16) after start fever. treatment acetylsalicylic acid administered all children, within varying between 4 15 admission. defervescence obtained 5.3 2.6 11). hospital stay 16.6 9.7 (range: 25 days). evolution discharge considered favorable However, no control echocardiography performed. remains ubiquitous condition but variable incidence one continent another. arrival twodimensional ultrasound should enable systematic investigation coronary abnormalities catch up unnoticed past also prevent complications related there.