noun

• An acute illness of infants and young children characterized by symptoms such as fever, rash, and glandular swelling, associated with a vasculitis that particularly affects the coronary arteries and may result in serious heart disease.

  ‘Inflammatory presentations may be the result of allergy, reflux disease or, rarely, neoplasm or Kawasaki disease.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The cause of Kawasaki disease is unknown, and consequently there is no diagnostic test.’
  • ‘Without treatment, about 1 in 100 children with Kawasaki disease die of heart problems.’
  • ‘The authors conclude that acute adenoviral infection and Kawasaki disease share many clinical manifestations, making the diagnosis difficult.’
  • ‘Call your doctor if your child has any of the symptoms of Kawasaki disease.’