Kawasaki disease and Anaplasma sp. infection of an infant in Cyprus

Dimosthenis Chochlakis; Maria Koliou; Ioannis Ioannou; Yannis Tselentis; Anna Psaroulaki

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2008.08.001

Kawasaki disease and Anaplasma sp. infection of an infant in Cyprus

Int J Infect Dis. 2009 Mar;13(2):e71-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.08.001. Epub 2008 Oct 9.

Authors

Dimosthenis Chochlakis¹, Maria Koliou, Ioannis Ioannou, Yannis Tselentis, Anna Psaroulaki

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses and Geographical Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.

PMID: 18848483
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.08.001

Abstract

This report describes the case of an infant suffering from Kawasaki disease with a concomitant Anaplasma sp. infection. Further studies are required to demonstrate a possible association between Kawasaki disease and bacterial infections.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anaplasma phagocytophilum* / classification
Anaplasma phagocytophilum* / genetics
Anaplasma phagocytophilum* / immunology
Anaplasma phagocytophilum* / isolation & purification
Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
Cattle
Cyprus
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Ehrlichiosis / complications*
Ehrlichiosis / microbiology
Female
Humans
Infant
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / complications*
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial
DNA, Bacterial