PMID- 27889733
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170531
LR  - 20220419
IS  - 0974-7559 (Electronic)
IS  - 0019-6061 (Linking)
VI  - 53
IP  - 11
DP  - 2016 Nov 15
TI  - Steroid Pulse Therapy for Kawasaki Disease Complicated with Myocarditis.
PG  - 1015-1016
AB  - BACKGROUND: The clinical management of intravenous immunoglobulin-resistant 
      Kawasaki disease shock syndrome (KDSS) is obscure. CASE CHARACTERISTICS: Three 
      children presented with intravenous immunoglobulin-resistant KDSS complicated 
      with myocarditis. OUTCOME: All cases were successfully managed with steroid pulse 
      therapy. MESSAGE: Steroid pulse therapy is effective in immunoglobulin-resistant 
      KDSS.
FAU - Sato, Tomomi
AU  - Sato T
AD  - Department of Pediatrics, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta 
      Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, Japan. Correspondence to: Dr Tomomi Sato, Department 
      of Pediatrics, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, 
      Shiga, Japan. ttflutedr@yahoo.co.jp.
FAU - Somura, Junpei
AU  - Somura J
FAU - Maruo, Yoshihiro
AU  - Maruo Y
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - Indian Pediatr
JT  - Indian pediatrics
JID - 2985062R
RN  - 0 (Adrenal Cortex Hormones)
RN  - 0 (gamma-Globulins)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adrenal Cortex Hormones/administration & dosage/therapeutic use
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
MH  - *Myocarditis
MH  - Pulse Therapy, Drug
MH  - gamma-Globulins
EDAT- 2016/11/28 06:00
MHDA- 2017/06/01 06:00
CRDT- 2016/11/28 06:00
PHST- 2016/11/28 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/11/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/06/01 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s13312-016-0979-9 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian Pediatr. 2016 Nov 15;53(11):1015-1016. doi: 10.1007/s13312-016-0979-9.