Pneumonia in the presentation of Kawasaki disease: The syndrome or a sequence of two diseases?

Lana Khoury; Galit Livnat; Mohamad Hamad Saied; Karin Yaacoby-Bianu

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6676

Pneumonia in the presentation of Kawasaki disease: The syndrome or a sequence of two diseases?

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Dec 5;10(12):e6676. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6676. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Lana Khoury¹, Galit Livnat^{2

3}, Mohamad Hamad Saied⁴, Karin Yaacoby-Bianu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Carmel Medical Center Haifa Israel.
² Pediatric Pulmonology Unit and CF Center, Carmel Medical Center Haifa Israel.
³ B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa Israel.
⁴ Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Carmel Medical Center Haifa Israel.

Abstract

Two cases of Kawasaki disease (KD) presented as persistent lung consolidation associated with Group A Streptococcus and Influenza A co-infection, which resolved following intravenous immunoglobulin. Thus, pediatricians should consider the diagnosis of KD in the presence of pneumonia that is nonresponsive to antibiotic therapy with prolonged fever and inflammatory reactions.

Keywords: Influenza; Kawasaki disease; Streptococcus; case report; pulmonary involvement.

Publication types

Case Reports