An atypical case of Kawasaki disease with severe pneumonia in a neonate.

Yoshiki KawamuraHiroki MiuraKazuyoshi SaitoTakayuki KannoTadafumi YokoyamaYuta AizawaTetsushi Yoshikawa

Published in: BMC pediatrics (2022)

The patient's entire clinical course, including the severe pneumonia, was caused by KD. As in this case, neonatal KD may exhibit atypical manifestations such as severe pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
respiratory failure
early onset
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
community acquired pneumonia
case report
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation