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Pustulo-vesicular skin eruption in a child with probable Kawasaki disease.

Kwan YW, Leung CW

Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital Road, Kwai Chung, Kowloon, Hong Kong, kwanyw@netvigator.com.

We report the association of painful pustulo-vesicular skin rash with Kawasaki disease. The initial clinical presentation of our patient mimicked chickenpox infection, and the diagnosis was based on the characteristic clinicopathological features and the exclusion of other causes of pustulo-vesicular eruption.

Published 12 July 2005 in Eur J Pediatr.
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