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4039819

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-7-25
pubmed:abstractText
Forty-one children with a clinical diagnosis of Kawasaki syndrome had a pediatric ophthalmologic examination performed at a mean time of 8.6 days after onset of fever. Twenty-seven of 41 patients (66%) had evidence of anterior uveitis by slit lamp examination. Bilateral involvement was noted in 25 of 27 patients (97%). Punctate keratitis was evident in 5 of 41 patients (12%). Three of these five had coexisting uveitis. The incidence of anterior uveitis in patients examined during the first week of their illness was 83% (20 of 24 patients), compared to an incidence of 41% (7 of 17) in patients first examined greater than 1 week after onset of disease (P = 0.004). There was no difference in the uveitis, vs. the non-uveitis groups with respect to age, sex, race or subsequent aneurysm formation as a complication of their Kawasaki syndrome. The mean erythrocyte sedimentation rate was not different in the two groups. Anterior uveitis is a common finding early in the course of Kawasaki syndrome. Slit lamp examination may be a helpful clinical tool in identifying patients with Kawasaki syndrome, and uveitis should be considered for inclusion in the Centers for Disease Control case definition of Kawasaki syndrome.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0277-9730
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
258-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Anterior uveitis associated with Kawasaki syndrome.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.