Neonatal sepsis and Kawasaki disease.

Akihito TakeuchiNoriko SuginoTakahiro NambaKei TamaiKazue NakamuraMakoto NakamuraMisao KageyamaTakashi YorifujiMotoki Bonno

Published in: European journal of pediatrics (2022)

•Neonatal sepsis is associated with an increased risk of subsequent development of Kawasaki disease. •Antibiotic use in the neonatal intensive care unit may also be an independent risk factor for subsequent development of Kawasaki disease.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
intensive care unit
septic shock