Coronary artery dilatation and vasculitis in a case of rabies: similarity with Kawasaki disease?

Pediatr Int. 2013 Apr;55(2):237-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2012.03655.x.

Abstract

A 9-year-old boy died of rabies complications. We report the unusual combination between rabies, coronary dilatation on echocardiography and coronary vasculitis documented upon autopsy. In the search for the etiological agent of Kawasaki disease, we suggest that a viral infection with potential antigenic similarities to rabies virus should be entertained.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Coronary Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Rabies / complications*
  • Rabies / diagnosis
  • Vasculitis / diagnosis
  • Vasculitis / etiology*