Abstract

DENGUE FEVER AND ATYPICAL KAWASAKI DISEASE: A RARE AND CHALLENGING COMBINATION

Pragnadyuti Mandal*, Ajay Kumar Shit, Alak Kumar Das, Mihir Sarkar and Gobinda Mondal

Abstract

Dengue fever is the most common arthropod-borne viral disease of the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The majority of cases of dengue infection are represented by dengue fever, which is a selflimiting disease. Kawasaki disease, also a self-limiting disease, an important cause of vasculitis in paediatric age group, may occasionally lead to cardiac abnormalities in the long run. In the present case, a child presented with fever, finally diagnosed to have suffered from both dengue fever and atypical Kawasaki disease. This is an extremely rare presentation of concomitant dengue fever and atypical Kawasaki Disease.

Keywords: arthropod-borne disease, childhood vasculitis, coronary artery disease.