Recurrence of Kawasaki Disease in a Young Infant

Jasvinder Kaur^* & Bilkis bt. Abdul Aziz

Department of Paediatrics, National University of Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dr. Jasvinder Kaur, Department of Paediatrics, National University of Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Keywords: Kawasaki Disease; Recurrence; Treatment, Complications

Abstract

Kawasaki disease is an acute self- limited febrile illness of unknown cause that affects children less than 5 years old. It is prevalent amongst the Asian population, and ten times more common in Japanese children. There are three phases of the disease. Our patients, an 18 month-old female toddler had a recurrence of Kawasaki disease 7 months after the initial episode of incomplete Kawasaki disease at 4-months-old. She responded well to intravenous immunoglobulin and aspirin, and did not have cardiovascular complications.

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