Background: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a multisystemic vasculitis primarily affecting children <5 years. A review of RotaTeq (rotavirus vaccine live) clinical trial data revealed higher, though not ...

Pediatrician Tomisaku Kawasaki, famed for discovering the inflammatory syndrome of an unknown cause in young children later named after him, died June 5 of old age in a Tokyo hospital.

We compared epidemiologic and clinical features of Kawasaki Syndrome (KS) in 110 pts aged 2 wks to 12 9/12 yrs and seen Jan '80 to Aug '86 with large series from Japan. Similarities: age below 5 ...