Kawasaki disease mimickers.
Marimar Saez-de-OcarizLuisa Berenise Gámez-GonzálezFrancisco Rivas-LarrauriLina María Castaño-JaramilloCarla Toledo-SalinasLuis Martín Garrido-GarcíaRolando Ulloa-GutierrezMaydeli Santamaría-PiedraMaría de la Luz Orozco-CovarrubiasSelma Scheffler-MendozaMarco Antonio Yamazaki-NakashimadaPublished in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2021)
The term 'Kawasaki syndrome' instead of 'Kawasaki disease' may be more appropriate. Physicians should consider an alternative diagnosis that may mimic KD, particularly considering MIS-C during the present pandemic, as an aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic approach is needed.