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Criteria for Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease
Fever of ≥5 days' duration associated with at least 4† of the following 5 changes
Bilateral nonsuppurative conjunctivitis
One of more changes of the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract , including pharyngeal injection, dry fissured lips, injected lips, and "strawberry" tongue
One or more changes of the extremities, including peripheral erythema , peripheral edema , periungual desquamation , and generalized desquamation
Polymorphous rash , primarily truncal
Cervical lymphadenopathy >1.5 cm in diameter
Disease cannot be explained by some other known disease process
†A diagnosis of Kawasaki disease can be made if fever and only 3 changes are present in conjunction with coronary artery disease documented by two-dimensional echocardiography or coronary angiography .
Source: Nelson's essentials of pediatrics[ 1]
^ Behrman, Richard E.; Kliegman, Robert; Karen Marcdante; Jenson, Hal B. (2006). Nelson essentials of pediatrics . St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. ISBN 1-4160-0159-X {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )
