European journal of pediatricsHumansMucocutaneous Lymph Node SyndromeMaleRetrospective StudiesFemale
Early differentiation of Kawasaki disease preceded by cervical lymphadenopathy from bacterial cervical lymphadenitis.
Ken Okazawa, Takao Suzuki, Rintaro Ono, Daisuke Hasegawa, Nobuo Nishi, Miwa Ozawa
Published: 202510.1007/s00431-025-06700-w
Abstract
Node-first Kawasaki disease (NFKD) initially presents with fever and cervical lymphadenopathy mimicking bacterial cervical lymphadenitis (BCL). This study aimed to develop a scoring system to enable the early differentiation between NFKD and BCL. Thi…
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