Treatment of severe complicated Kawasaki disease with oral prednisolone and aspirin.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report on 7 patients with severe, complicated Kawasaki disease treated with oral prednisolone, after apparently unsuccessful intravenous immunoglobulin treatment. An additional eighth patient was a Jehovah's Witness, who was given steroid and aspirin as first-line treatment. These findings support a beneficial role for steroids in intravenous immunoglobulin-resistant Kawasaki disease.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Aspirin
- Glucocorticoids
- Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
- Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
- Prednisolone