Concomitant dengue hemorrhagic fever with Kawasaki disease

Somkiat Sopontammarak, Asst. Prof., D. of Pediatrics, F. of Medicine, PSU.
Pornpimol Pruekprasert, Assoc. Prof., D. of Pediatrics, F. of Medicine, PSU.
Corresponding e-mail : ssomkeat@ratree.psu.ac.th

Published : Southeast Asian J of Trop Med 2000, 13(1) : 190-192
Key words : dengue fever, Kawasaki disease

This is an unique case report of concomitant dengue hemorrhagic fever and Kawasaki disease, not reported previously. The unusual clinical course of persistent fever, coronary artery involvement evidenced from 2-D echocardiogram, and hydrops of the gallbladder is discussed.

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