ReviewInternational journal of rheumatic diseases2018
Is Kawasaki disease an infectious disorder?
Review in International journal of rheumatic diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
64 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.
- Roles of Oxidative Injury and Nitric Oxide System Derangements in Kawasaki Disease Pathogenesis: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- A Comprehensive Update on Kawasaki Disease Vasculitis and Myocarditis.Current rheumatology reports · 2020Pooled it
- Comparative effectiveness of two intravenous immunoglobulin products in children with Kawasaki disease, a nationwide cohort study.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Protective role of complement signaling in Kawasaki disease vasculitis.JCI insight · 2026Article
- Incomplete Kawasaki disease associated with acute icteric hepatitis and Torque teno virus infection: a case report and literature review.BMC pediatrics · 2026Review
- Itaconate ameliorates cardiovascular inflammation in a mouse model of Kawasaki disease vasculitis - brief report.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Temporal trends in clinical and inflammatory features of Kawasaki disease across the COVID-19 pandemic: a single-center experience from Turkey.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Potential alternatives in treatment of kawasaki disease to reduce the extremely rare risk of reye syndrome.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Potential Mechanisms and Hypotheses for Pathogenic Microorganisms Triggering Kawasaki Disease.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2025Review
- Add in a virus: four cases of severe Kawasaki disease and concurrent adenovirus infection.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Differentiating Kawasaki Disease and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Using Blood Composite Scores: Insights into Clinical Outcomes and Predictive Indices.Pediatric cardiology · 2025Article
- Intestinal Microbiota Contributes to the Development of Cardiovascular Inflammation and Vasculitis in Mice.Circulation research · 2025Article
- Gut Microbiota Alterations in Patients With Kawasaki Disease.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2025Review
- Concurrent infections in children with Kawasaki disease: lessons learned over 26 years.Immunologic research · 2025Article
- Observational
- Frequency of SARS-CoV-2 antecedent infection in patients with Kawasaki disease.Nagoya journal of medical science · 2025Observational
- Evaluating the quality and reliability of Kawasaki disease-related content on TikTok and Bilibili: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and Kawasaki disease.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- The Central Role of Interleukin-1 Signalling in the Pathogenesis of Kawasaki Disease Vasculitis: Path to Translation.The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2024Review
- [Characteristics of intestinal microbiota in the acute phase of Kawasaki disease in infants and children].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2024Article
4 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Although the etiology of Kawasaki disease (KD) is largely unknown, a large body of clinical, epidemiologic, immunologic, pathologic and ultrastructural evidence suggests that an infectious agent triggers a cascade that causes the illness. However, this elusive infectious agent remains unidentified at present. Increasingly sensitive molecular methods for identifying microbial nucleic acids and proteins in tissue samples continue to rapidly emerge, and these methods should be utilized in studies on KD etiology as they become available. Identifying the etiology of this enigmatic disease remains the single most important research goal in the field, and accomplishing this goal is the best means to improve diagnosis, treatment and prevention of this potentially fatal childhood disease.
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