GAMMA-GLOBULIN RETREATMENT IN KAWASAKI-DISEASE

Authors
SUNDEL RP BURNS JC BAKER A BEISER AS NEWBURGER JW
Citation
Rp. Sundel et al., GAMMA-GLOBULIN RETREATMENT IN KAWASAKI-DISEASE, The Journal of pediatrics, 123(4), 1993, pp. 657-659
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
123
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
657 - 659
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1993)123:4<657:GRIK>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We retrospectively reviewed the effects of intravenous gamma-globulin (IVGG) re-treatment of 13 children with Kawasaki disease and persisten t or recrudescent fever. Fever and mucocutaneous inflammation resolved within 48 hours in nine patients; fever abated in two other children after a third course of IVGG. We conclude that IVGG re-treatment of Ka wasaki disease appears to be safe and may improve the clinical course.