Severe desquamation in Kawasaki disease: Is it somehow protective?
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Severe desquamation in Kawasaki disease: Is it somehow protective?
Kawasaki disease is a common vasculitis that typically affects children between one and five years of age. We report a 12-year-old boy who presented following a presumed diagnosis of pharyngitis associated with nondesquamating skin rash and conjunctivitis. Despite treatment with amoxicillin for seven days his fever persisted for ten days and then remitted. Two weeks later, he developed full thi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0256-4408
DOI: 10.24911/sjp.2017.2.7