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Kawasaki disease

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Key Highlights
  • Kawasaki disease is the second most common vasculitis in childhood (the most common being IgA vasculitis).

  • Presents with an acute self-limiting febrile illness usually in young children, and is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children ages under 5 years in the developed world.

  • Classic features include fever, rash, conjunctivitis, lymphadenopathy, changes to the lips or oral mucosal, and peripheries, with initial swelling and erythema followed by desquamation in the second week.

  • The most serious sequelae is coronary artery aneurysm, affecting 20% to 25% of untreated patients and significant proportions of treated patients in some countries, with even higher coronary artery aneurysm complication rates in those ages under 1 year.

  • Current standard treatment includes intravenous immune globulin (IVIG), alongside aspirin. Adjunctive anti-inflammatory therapy (corticosteroids or tumor necrosis factor [TNF]-alpha inhibitors) should be considered early as part of initial therapy for high-risk patients and those with Kawasaki shock syndrome. 

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            Key Articles

            • McCrindle BW, Rowley AH, Newburger JW, et al; American Heart Association. Diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of Kawasaki disease: a scientific statement for health professionals from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2017 Apr 25;135(17):e927-99.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • de Graeff N, Groot N, Ozen S, et al. European consensus-based recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of Kawasaki disease - the SHARE initiative. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019 Apr 1;58(4):672-82.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • Jone PN, Tremoulet A, Choueiter N, et al. Update on diagnosis and management of Kawasaki disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2024 Dec 3;150(23):e481-500.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • Gorelik M, Chung SA, Ardalan K, et al. 2021 American College of Rheumatology/Vasculitis Foundation guideline for the management of Kawasaki disease. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Apr;74(4):538-48.[Abstract]

            Referenced Articles

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            • 2. Kawasaki T. Acute febrile mucocutaneous syndrome with lymphoid involvement with specific desquamation of the fingers and toes in children [in Japanese]. Arerugi. 1967 Mar;16(3):178-222.[Abstract]

            • 3. Mason WH, Takahashi M. Kawasaki syndrome. Clin Infect Dis. 1999 Feb;28(2):169-85.[Abstract]

            • 4. Callinan LS, Holman RC, Vugia DJ, et al. Kawasaki disease hospitalization rate among children younger than 5 years of age in California, 2003-2010. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Jul;33(7):781-3.[Abstract]

            • 5. Tulloh RMR, Mayon-White R, Harnden A, et al. Kawasaki disease: a prospective population survey in the UK and Ireland from 2013 to 2015. Arch Dis Child. 2019 Jul;104(7):640-6.[Abstract]

            • 6. Lin MT, Wu MH. The global epidemiology of Kawasaki disease: Review and future perspectives. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract. 2017 Oct 31;2017(3):e201720.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 7. Holman RC, Curns AT, Belay ED, et al. Kawasaki syndrome hospitalizations in the United States, 1997 and 2000. Pediatrics. 2003 Sep;112(3 Pt 1):495-501.[Abstract]

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            • 9. Yanagawa H, Nakamura Y, Ojima T, et al. Changes in epidemic patterns of Kawasaki disease in Japan. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1999 Jan;18(1):64-6.[Abstract]

            • 10. Makino N, Nakamura Y, Yashiro M, et al. Descriptive epidemiology of Kawasaki disease in Japan, 2011-2012: from the results of the 22nd nationwide survey. J Epidemiol. 2015;25(3):239-45.[Abstract][Full Text]

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            • 13. de Graeff N, Groot N, Ozen S, et al. European consensus-based recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of Kawasaki disease - the SHARE initiative. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019 Apr 1;58(4):672-82.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 14. Yanagawa H, Yashiro M, Nakamura Y, et al. Nationwide surveillance of Kawasaki disease in Japan, 1984 to 1993. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1995 Jan;14(1):69-71.[Abstract]

            • 15. Dominguez SR, Anderson MS, Glode MP, et al. Blinded case-control study of the relationship between human coronavirus NL63 and Kawasaki syndrome. J Infect Dis. 2006 Dec 15;194(12):1697-701.[Abstract]

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            • 18. Leung DY, Meissner HC, Fulton DR, et al. Toxic shock syndrome toxin-secreting Staphylococcus aureus in Kawasaki syndrome. Lancet. 1993 Dec 4;342(8884):1385-8.[Abstract]

            • 19. Rowley AH. Kawasaki disease: novel insights into etiology and genetic susceptibility. Annu Rev Med. 2011 Feb 18;62:69-77.[Abstract]

            • 20. Khor CC, Davila S, Breunis WB, et al. Genome-wide association study identifies FCGR2A as a susceptibility locus for Kawasaki disease. Nat Genet. 2011 Nov 13;43(12):1241-6.[Abstract]

            • 21. Xie X, Shi X, Liu M. The roles of genetic factors in Kawasaki disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of genetic association studies. Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 Feb;39(2):207-25.[Abstract]

            • 22. Rowley AH, Shulman ST. New developments in the search for etiologic agent of Kawasaki disease. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2007 Feb;19(1):71-4.[Abstract]

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            • 24. Takahashi K, Oharaseki T, Naoe S, et al. Neutrophilic involvement in the damage to coronary arteries in acute stage of Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Int. 2005 Jun;47(3):305-10.[Abstract]

            • 25. Senzaki H. The pathophysiology of coronary artery aneurysms in Kawasaki disease: role of matrix metalloproteinases. Arch Dis Child. 2006 Oct;91(10):847-51.[Abstract][Full Text]

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            • 27. Onouchi Y, Tamari M, Takahashi A, et al. A genomewide linkage analysis of Kawasaki disease: evidence for linkage to chromosome 12. J Hum Genet. 2007;52(2):179-90.[Abstract]

            • 28. Jone PN, Tremoulet A, Choueiter N, et al. Update on diagnosis and management of Kawasaki disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2024 Dec 3;150(23):e481-500.[Abstract][Full Text]

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            • 31. Kuemmerle-Deschner JB, Hansmann S, Wulffraat NM, et al. Recommendations for collaborative paediatric research including biobanking in Europe: a Single Hub and Access point for paediatric Rheumatology in Europe (SHARE) initiative. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Mar;77(3):319-327.[Abstract]

            • 32. Gorelik M, Chung SA, Ardalan K, et al. 2021 American College of Rheumatology/Vasculitis Foundation guideline for the management of Kawasaki disease. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Apr;74(4):538-48.[Abstract]

            • 33. Gámez-González LB, Ulloa-Gutierrez R, Murata C, et al. Kawasaki disease presenting with hoarseness: a multinational study of the REKAMLATINA network. Pediatr Int. 2021 Jun;63(6):643-8.[Abstract]

            • 34. Leuin SC, Shanbhag S, Lago D, et al. Hoarseness as a presenting sign in children with Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Dec;32(12):1392-4.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 35. Kanegaye JT, Wilder MS, Molkara D, et al. Recognition of a Kawasaki disease shock syndrome. Pediatrics. 2009 May;123(5):e783-9.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 36. Oyamada J, Shimizu C, Kim J, et al. Bifid T waves on the ECG and genetic variation in calcium channel voltage-dependent beta 2 subunit gene (CACNB2) in acute Kawasaki disease. Congenit Heart Dis. 2019 Mar;14(2):213-20.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 37. Pilania RK, Basu S, Singh S, et al. Computed tomography coronary angiography for imaging in children with Kawasaki disease: an update. Int J Rheum Dis. 2024 Sep;27(9):e15331.[Full Text]

            • 38. Han BK, Rigsby CK, Hlavacek A, et al. Computed tomography imaging in patients with congenital heart disease part I: rationale and utility. An expert consensus document of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT): endorsed by the Society of Pediatric Radiology (SPR) and the North American Society of Cardiac Imaging (NASCI). J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2015 Nov-Dec;9(6):475-92.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 39. Crean A, Benson L, Shah A, et al. Imaging the delayed complications of childhood Kawasaki disease. F1000Res. 2022;11:147.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 40. Wen JX, Bai X, Niu Y, et al. Diagnostic accuracy of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide for Kawasaki disease: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Nov;75(11):e14538.[Abstract]

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            • 42. Lee KY, Rhim JW, Kang JH. Kawasaki disease: laboratory findings and an immunopathogenesis on the premise of a "protein homeostasis system". Yonsei Med J. 2012 Mar;53(2):262-75.[Abstract][Full Text]

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            • 45. Henderson LA, Canna SW, Friedman KG, et al. American College of Rheumatology clinical guidance for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with SARS-CoV-2 and hyperinflammation in pediatric COVID-19: version 3. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022 Apr;74(4):e1-20.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 46. Lee S, Harahsheh AS, Raghuveer G, et al. Spectrum of coronary artery involvement with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children versus Kawasaki disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 May 6;14(9):e037761.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 47. Lam JY, Shimizu C, Tremoulet AH, et al. A machine-learning algorithm for diagnosis of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and Kawasaki disease in the USA: a retrospective model development and validation study. Lancet Digit Health. 2022 Oct;4(10):e717-26.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 48. Lam JY, Richardson A, Kanegaye JT, et al. Implementation of KIDMATCH: a clinical decision support tool for diagnosing pediatric patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome and Kawasaki disease. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2022;2022:653-61.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 49. Manlhiot C, Millar K, Golding F, et al. Improved classification of coronary artery abnormalities based only on coronary artery z-scores after Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 Dec 19;31(2):242-9.[Abstract]

            • 50. Marchesi A, Rigante D, Cimaz R, et al. Revised recommendations of the Italian Society of Pediatrics about the general management of Kawasaki disease. Ital J Pediatr. 2021 Jan 25;47(1):16.[Abstract][Full Text]

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            • 52. Broderick C, Kobayashi S, Suto M, et al. Intravenous immunoglobulin for the treatment of Kawasaki disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 Jan 25;1(1):CD014884.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 53. Newburger JW, Takahashi M, Beiser AS, et al. A single intravenous infusion of gamma globulin as compared with four infusions in the treatment of acute Kawasaki syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1991 Jun 6;324(23):1633-9.[Abstract]

            • 54. Tremoulet AH, Best BM, Song S, et al. Resistance to intravenous immunoglobulin in children with Kawasaki disease. J Pediatr. 2008 Jul;153(1):117-21.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 55. Zheng X, Li J, Yue P, et al. Is there an association between intravenous immunoglobulin resistance and coronary artery lesion in Kawasaki disease?-Current evidence based on a meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2021;16(3):e0248812.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 56. Sleeper LA, Minich LL, McCrindle BM, et al; Pediatric Heart Network Investigators. Evaluation of Kawasaki disease risk-scoring systems for intravenous immunoglobulin resistance. J Pediatr. 2011 May;158(5):831-35.e3.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 57. Davies S, Sutton N, Blackstock S, et al. Predicting IVIG resistance in UK Kawasaki disease. Arch Dis Child. 2015 Apr;100(4):366-8.[Abstract]

            • 58. Jakob A, von Kries R, Horstmann J, et al. Failure to predict high-risk Kawasaki disease patients in a population-based study cohort in Germany. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Sep;37(9):850-5.[Abstract]

            • 59. Lei WT, Chang LS, Zeng BY, et al. Pharmacologic interventions for Kawasaki disease in children: a network meta-analysis of 56 randomized controlled trials. EBioMedicine. 2022 Apr;78:103946.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 60. Green J, Wardle AJ, Tulloh RM. Corticosteroids for the treatment of Kawasaki disease in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 May 27;5(5):CD011188.[Abstract][Full Text]

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            • 63. Newburger JW, Sleeper LA, McCrindle BW; Pediatric Heart Network Investigators. Randomized trial of pulsed corticosteroid therapy for primary treatment of Kawasaki disease. N Engl J Med. 2007 Feb 15;356(7):663-75.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 64. Inoue Y, Okada Y, Shinohara M, et al. A multicenter prospective randomized trial of corticosteroids in primary therapy for Kawasaki disease: clinical course and coronary artery outcome. J Pediatr. 2006 Sep;149(3):336-41.[Abstract]

            • 65. Kobayashi T, Saji T, Otani T, et al. Efficacy of immunoglobulin plus prednisolone for prevention of coronary artery abnormalities in severe Kawasaki disease (RAISE study): a randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoints trial. Lancet. 2012 Apr 28;379(9826):1613-20.[Abstract]

            • 66. Furukawa T, Kishiro M, Akimoto K, et al. Effects of steroid pulse therapy on immunoglobulin-resistant Kawasaki disease. Arch Dis Child. 2008 Feb;93(2):142-6.[Abstract]

            • 67. Okada K, Hara J, Maki I, et al. Pulse methylprednisolone with gammaglobulin as an initial treatment for acute Kawasaki disease. Eur J Pediatr. 2009 Feb;168(2):181-5.[Abstract]

            • 68. Sundel RP, Baker AL, Fulton DR, et al. Corticosteroids in the initial treatment of Kawasaki disease: report of a randomized trial. Pediatr. 2003 Jun;142(6):611-6.[Abstract]

            • 69. Chen S, Dong Y, Yin Y, et al. Intravenous immunoglobulin plus corticosteroid to prevent coronary artery abnormalities in Kawasaki disease: a meta-analysis. Heart. 2013 Jan;99(2):76-82.[Abstract]

            • 70. Newburger JW. Kawasaki disease: medical therapies. Congenit Heart Dis. 2017 Sep;12(5):641-3.[Abstract]

            • 71. Burns JC, Mason WH, Hauger SB, et al. Infliximab treatment for refractory Kawasaki syndrome. J Pediatr. 2005 May;146(5):662-7.[Abstract]

            • 72. Burns JC, Roberts SC, Tremoulet AH, et al. Infliximab versus second intravenous immunoglobulin for treatment of resistant Kawasaki disease in the USA (KIDCARE): a randomised, multicentre comparative effectiveness trial. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2021 Dec;5(12):852-861.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 73. Yamaji N, da Silva Lopes K, Shoda T, et al. TNF-alpha blockers for the treatment of Kawasaki disease in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019 Aug 16;8(8):CD012448.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 74. Li X, Tang Y, Ding Y, et al. Higher efficacy of infliximab than immunoglobulin on Kawasaki disease, a meta-analysis. Eur J Pharmacol. 2021 May 15;899:173985.[Abstract]

            • 75. Chan H, Chi H, You H, et al. Indirect-comparison meta-analysis of treatment options for patients with refractory Kawasaki disease. BMC Pediatr. 2019 May 17;19(1):158.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 76. Crayne CB, Mitchell C, Beukelman T. Comparison of second-line therapy in IVIg-refractory Kawasaki disease: a systematic review. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2019 Nov 27;17(1):77.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 77. Nomura O, Fukuda S, Ota E, et al. Monoclonal antibody and anti-cytokine biologics for Kawasaki disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Oct;51(5):1045-56.[Abstract]

            • 78. Koné-Paut I, Tellier S, Belot A, et al. Phase II open label study of anakinra in intravenous immunoglobulin-resistant Kawasaki disease. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Jan;73(1):151-61.[Abstract]

            • 79. Sonoda K, Mori M, Hokosaki T, et al. Infliximab plus plasma exchange rescue therapy in Kawasaki disease. J Pediatr. 2014 May;164(5):1128-32.e1.[Abstract]

            • 80. Gordon CT, Jimenez-Fernandez S, Daniels LB, et al. Pregnancy in women with a history of Kawasaki disease: management and outcomes. BJOG. 2014 Oct;121(11):1431-8.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 81. de Ferranti SD, Steinberger J, Ameduri R, et al. Cardiovascular risk reduction in high-risk pediatric patients: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2019 Mar 26;139(13):e603-34.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 82. Payne RM, Burns KM, Glatz AC, et al. Apixaban for prevention of thromboembolism in pediatric heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Dec 12;82(24):2296-309.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 83. Portman MA, Jacobs JP, Newburger JW, et al. Edoxaban for thromboembolism prevention in pediatric patients with cardiac disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Dec 13;80(24):2301-10.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 84. Suda K, Tahara N, Honda A, et al. Statin reduces persistent coronary arterial inflammation evaluated by serial ¹⁸fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging long after Kawasaki disease. Int J Cardiol. 2014 Oct 22;179:61-2.[Abstract]

            • 85. Shimizu C, Kim J, He M, et al. RNA sequencing reveals beneficial effects of atorvastatin on endothelial cells in acute Kawasaki disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Jul 19;11(14):e025408.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 86. Amarilyo G, Koren Y, Brik Simon D, et al. High-dose aspirin for Kawasaki disease: outdated myth or effective aid? Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017 Mar-Apr;35 Suppl 103(1):209-12.[Abstract]

            • 87. Jia X, Du X, Bie S, et al. What dose of aspirin should be used in the initial treatment of Kawasaki disease? A meta-analysis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Aug 1;59(8):1826-33.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 88. Wu Y, Hu L, Xie X, et al. Different dose aspirin plus immunoglobulin (DAPI) for prevention of coronary artery abnormalities in Kawasaki disease: study protocol for a multi-center, prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded end-point, non-inferiority trial. Am Heart J. 2024 Jul;273:1-9.[Abstract]

            • 89. Beiser AS, Takahasha M, Baker AL, et al. A predictive instrument for coronary artery aneurysms in Kawasaki disease. US Multicenter Kawasaki Disease Study Group. Am J Cardiol. 1998 May 1;81(9):1116-20.[Abstract]

            • 90. Mori M, Imagawa T, Yasui K, et al. Predictors of coronary artery lesions after intravenous gamma-globulin treatment in Kawasaki disease. J Pediatr. J Pediatr. 2000 Aug;137(2):177-80.[Abstract]

            • 91. Fukunishi M, Kikkawa M, Hamana K, et al. Prediction of non-responsiveness to intravenous high-dose gamma-globulin therapy in patients with Kawasaki disease at onset. J Pediatr. 2000 Aug;137(2):172-6.[Abstract]

            • 92. Nakamura Y, Yashiro M, Uehara R, et al. Use of laboratory data to identify risk factors of giant coronary aneurysms due to Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Int. 2004 Feb;46(1):33-8.[Abstract]

            • 93. Marquez J, Gedalia O, Candia L, et al. Kawasaki disease: clinical spectrum of 88 patients in a high-prevalence African-American population. J Natl Med Assoc. 2008 Jan;100(1):28-32.[Abstract]

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            • 96. Burns JC, El-Said H, Tremoulet AH, et al. Management of myocardial infarction in children with giant coronary artery aneurysms after Kawasaki disease. J Pediatr. 2020 Jun;221:230-4.[Abstract][Full Text]

            • 97. Tsuda E, Hamaoka K, Suzuki H, et al. A survey of the 3-decade outcome for patients with giant aneurysms caused by Kawasaki disease. Am Heart J. 2014 Feb;167(2):249-58.[Abstract]

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