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Kawasaki disease - often a diagnostic dilemma in pediatric population: a case report.

Subash SubediSwikriti ShresthaSujata Khatri ChhetriSandesh LamichhaneSwastika DhakalPravakar DahalShubha BaniyaSantosh Pokhrel
Published in: Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) (2023)
This case highlights considering KD as a differential diagnosis of nonresolving fever in children with mucocutaneous findings. Intravenous immunoglobulin along with aspirin is the mainstay of therapy and should be started as early as possible to prevent detrimental cardiac complications. There is a high tendency of diagnostic dilemmas due to a wide array of nonspecific presentations thus healthcare providers must be more vigilant of this entity.
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