Gamma globulin re-treatment in Kawasaki disease.

Sundel, R P; Burns, J C; Baker, A; Beiser, A S; Newburger, J W · J Pediatr · 1993

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

We retrospectively reviewed the effects of intravenous gamma-globulin (IVGG) re-treatment of 13 children with Kawasaki disease and persistent or recrudescent fever. Fever and mucocutaneous inflammation resolved within 48 hours in nine patients; fever abated in two other children after a third course of IVGG. We conclude that IVGG re-treatment of Kawasaki disease appears to be safe and may improve the clinical course.

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