A Child With Kawasaki Disease and Yersinia enterocolitica Infection: A Closer Look at Pathogenesis.

摘要: Kawasaki disease (KD), also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome and infantile polyarteritis nodosa, is a febrile illness manifested by vasculitis that can potentially affect the coronary arteries. The etiology of KD has long been investigated, to this day, there no single causative agent. diagnosis remains clinical one with algorithms established for incomplete cases include additional laboratory criteria.1 Different infections inflammatory conditions may present manifestations mimic KD. Among these, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection reported in Japanese children including those who developed artery lesions.2,3 We describe child all retropharyngeal phlegmon during course enterocolitica gastroenteritis.