Kawasaki Disease

About Kawasaki Disease

Kawasaki Disease(KD) is an official publication of the Korean Society of Kawasaki Disease (KSKD) and a peer-reviewed, open-access, multidisciplinary journal directed to physicians, other health care professionals and researchers who are interested in Kawasaki disease. Its regional focus is mainly Korea, but it also welcomes submissions from researchers and physicians all over the world. KD is concerned with the dissemination of knowledge on clinical, basic science and innovative methods related to Kawasaki disease or Kawasaki-like disease. The categories of manuscripts are original articles, reviews, editorials, case reports, other publications recognized by the Publications Committee. The journal is published twice a year on the official website https://www.e-kd.org. It is planned to be indexed in KCI, PubMEd, Scopus, Google Scholar, KoreaMed, KoreaMed Synapse and KoMCI, and easily available to wide international researchers.
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Jun 30, 2024

The Usefulness of Infliximab Treatment in the Acute Phase of Kawasaki Disease

Min Seob Song

Kawasaki Dis 2024;2(1):e1
https://doi.org/10.59492/kd.2024.2.1.e1

Infliximab, a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α blocking monoclonal antibody, is regarded as an effective and safe treatment modality for Kawasaki disease (KD). In clinical practice, infliximab administration in patients with KD has been associated with a shortened duration of fever and reduced hospital stays. Patients with KD who were treated with infliximab also showed improved outcomes in terms of resistance to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and coronary artery lesions (CALs). Many studies suggest that infliximab is beneficial not only as ...
Review

Jun 30, 2024

Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis (PFAPA) Syndrome: An Overview for Primary Care Practitioners
PFAPA 증후군: 일차 진료의를 위한 개요

Jin Lee, Soo-Young Lee, Dae Chul Jeong
이진, 이수영, 정대철

Kawasaki Dis 2024;2(1):e2
https://doi.org/10.59492/kd.2024.2.1.e2

Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome is the most common autoinflammatory disease (AID) that causes recurrent fever in children. Patients with PFAPA present with essential symptoms such as periodic fever (usually every 28 days) and the PFAPA triad (stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis) and additional symptoms such as abdominal pain, headache, rash, or arthralgia. PFAPA is diagnosed by (1) demonstrating the clinical manifestations included in the PFAPA criteria and (2) excluding other diseases that caus...
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Jun 30, 2024

Understanding Autoantibody Tests in Systemic Inflammatory Diseases
전신염증질환에서 시행되는 자가항체 검사의 이해

Soo-Young Lee, Kil Seong Bae, Jung Woo Rhim, Dae Chul Jeong
이수영, 배길성, 임정우, 정대철

Kawasaki Dis 2024;2(1):e3
https://doi.org/10.59492/kd.2024.2.1.e3

Autoantibodies are diagnostically useful markers of systemic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SSc), Sjögren’s syndrome (SjS), systemic vasculitis, and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Regardless of the role of autoantibodies in the pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease (KD), autoantibody testing may be performed in some KD patients due to the atypical presentation of the disease. This review describes four types of autoantibodies that KD practitioners often encount...
Case Report

Jun 30, 2024

Macrophage Activation Syndrome Complicating Kawasaki Disease: An Initial Presentation of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
대식세포활성증후군이 합병된 가와사키병: 소아기특발성관절염의 초기 임상양상

Soo-Young Lee, Jung Woo Rhim, Dae Chul Jeong, Jin Han Kang
이수영, 임정우, 정대철, 강진한

Kawasaki Dis 2024;2(1):e4
https://doi.org/10.59492/kd.2024.2.1.e4

Kawasaki disease (KD) is one of the leading causes of macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) in children, so the possibility of developing MAS should be suspected in KD patients who do not show clinical improvement despite appropriate treatment. At the same time, since MAS is a hyperinflammatory phenomenon that can occur in various medical conditions that cause severe systemic inflammation, the possibility of coexisting undiagnosed underlying diseases must also be considered in children with MAS. Here, we report the case of a 16-month-old girl wi...

CURRENT ISSUE: Jun 2024, Vol. 2, No. 1

Review

The Usefulness of Infliximab Treatment in the Acute Phase of Kawasaki Disease

Min Seob Song

Kawasaki Dis 2024;2(1):e1
https://doi.org/10.59492/kd.2024.2.1.e1

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Review

Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis (PFAPA) Syndrome: An Overview for Primary Care Practitioners
PFAPA 증후군: 일차 진료의를 위한 개요

Jin Lee, Soo-Young Lee, Dae Chul Jeong

이진, 이수영, 정대철

Kawasaki Dis 2024;2(1):e2
https://doi.org/10.59492/kd.2024.2.1.e2

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Review

Understanding Autoantibody Tests in Systemic Inflammatory Diseases
전신염증질환에서 시행되는 자가항체 검사의 이해

Soo-Young Lee, Kil Seong Bae, Jung Woo Rhim, Dae Chul Jeong

이수영, 배길성, 임정우, 정대철

Kawasaki Dis 2024;2(1):e3
https://doi.org/10.59492/kd.2024.2.1.e3

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Case Report

Macrophage Activation Syndrome Complicating Kawasaki Disease: An Initial Presentation of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
대식세포활성증후군이 합병된 가와사키병: 소아기특발성관절염의 초기 임상양상

Soo-Young Lee, Jung Woo Rhim, Dae Chul Jeong, Jin Han Kang

이수영, 임정우, 정대철, 강진한

Kawasaki Dis 2024;2(1):e4
https://doi.org/10.59492/kd.2024.2.1.e4

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