Hikaru Kanemasa, Etsuro Nanishi, Hidetoshi Takada, Masataka Ishimura, Hisanori Nishio, Satoshi Honjo, Hiroshi Masuda, Noriko Nagai, Takahiro Nishihara, Tohru Ishii, Takenori Adachi, Satoshi Hara, Lisheng Lin, Yoshie Tomita, Junji Kamizono, Osamu Komiyama, Urara Kohdera, Saori Tanabe, Atsuo Sato, Shinya Hida, Mayumi Yashiro, Nobuko Makino, Yosikazu Nakamura, Toshiro Hara, Shouichi Ohga
Background: Arthritis may occur after the diagnosis of Kawasaki disease (KD). Most cases are self-limiting; however, some patients require prolonged treatment. Method: To characterize KD-related arthritis, 14 patients who required arthritis treatment within 30 days after the diagnosis of KD were recruited from the 23rd KD survey in Japan. Twenty-six additional patients were included from our tertiary center and literature review cohorts. Results: The estimated prevalence of KD-related arthritis in Japan was 48 per 100,000 KD patients...
2021: Frontiers in Pediatrics