Differential diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease
What other diseases need to be considered in the differential diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease?
• Staphylococcal and streptococcal toxin-mediated disease: scarlet fever, toxic shock.
• Viral infections: measles, adenovirus, enterovirus, Epstein–Barr virus.
• Drug hypersensitivity reactions: Stevens–Johnson syndrome.
• Rheumatological: systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
• Other (with appropriate epidemiologic risk factors): leptospirosis, rickettsial infections, mercury intoxication.
