Kawasaki disease presenting as parotitis in a 3-month-old infant

A male infant aged 3 months and 1 week had persistently high fever with parotitis that was unresponsive to antibiotics. Mumps was identified by serologic study, but he was finally diagnosed by clinical features as having Kawasaki disease and echocardiographic findings on the 9th day of fever. Paroti...

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Published inKorean circulation journal Vol. 39; no. 11; pp. 502 - 504
Main Authors Do, Hyun-Jeong, Baek, Jong-Geun, Kim, Hyun-Jung, Yeom, Jung-Sook, Park, Ji-Sook, Park, Eun-Sil, Seo, Ji-Hyun, Lim, Jae-Young, Park, Chan-Hoo, Woo, Hyang-Ok, Youn, Hee-Shang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Korea (South) The Korean Society of Cardiology 01.11.2009
대한심장학회
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Case Report
내과학
Parotitis
Kawasaki disease
Mumps
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Summary:A male infant aged 3 months and 1 week had persistently high fever with parotitis that was unresponsive to antibiotics. Mumps was identified by serologic study, but he was finally diagnosed by clinical features as having Kawasaki disease and echocardiographic findings on the 9th day of fever. Parotitis, which is unresponsive to antibiotics, should be considered Kawasaki disease even though typical symptoms are not present.
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ISSN:1738-5520
1738-5555
DOI:10.4070/kcj.2009.39.11.502