Skip Navigation


Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access originally published online on October 27, 2007
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2008 54(2):133-136; doi:10.1093/tropej/fmm085
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
54/2/133    most recent
fmm085v1
Right arrow E-letters: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when E-letters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Li, X.-h.
Right arrow Articles by Zhou, M.
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Li, X.-h.
Right arrow Articles by Zhou, M.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© The Author [2007]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Brief Reports

Epidemiological Survey of Kawasaki Disease in Sichuan Province of China

Xiao-hui Li, Xiao-jing Li, Hui Li, Ming Xu and Ming Zhou

Chengdu Children's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Correspondence: Xiao-hui Li, Chengdu Children's Hospital, 137, Taisheng South Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610014, China. E-mail < Lixiaohi{at}hotmail.com>.


  Abstract

Objectives: To investigate the incidence and epidemiological characteristics of Kawasaki Disease (KD) in Sichuan province of China.

Methods: The questionnaire and diagnostic guideline for KD provided by Japan Kawasaki Disease Research Center (JKDRC) were used for the questionnaire investigation in pediatric departments of all hospitals in Sichuan province for data of KD diagnosed in their hospitals from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2001.

Results: Of the 212 hospitals investigated, 91.5% responded to the questionnaire investigation, with a total of 1811 cases of KD identified. The incidence per 100 000 children <5 years of age was 4.26 in 1997, 5.21 in 1998, 8.57 in 1999, 7.70 in 2000 and 9.81 in 2001, respectively. The average incidence throughout the 5 years was 7.06 per 100 000. The ratio of male to female was 1.62 : 1. The age distribution showed a peak near 1–2 years of age. Cardiac sequelae were seen in 17.0% of the patients. Only 66.2% patients with KD had been treated with intravenous immunoglobulin.

Conclusion: The incidence of KD in Sichuan province was lower than that reported in Japan and Beijing, higher than that in Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shanxi province of China.

Key Words: Kawasaki disease • epidemiology • children • Sichuan


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.