Table 2. The American Heart Association (AHA) diagnostic criteria for Kawasaki disease.

McCrindle et al. (2017) [12]

Fever lasting five or more days in the duration and presence of at least four out of five clinical features

1. Changes in extremities like reddening of palms and soles, swelling of the hands and feet, or membranous desquamation of the fingertips in the convalescent phase.

2. A non-vesicular polymorphous rash usually starts as perineal erythema and desquamation, followed by macular, morbilliform, and targetoid skin lesions of the trunk and extremities. Patients may also have redness of crust formation at the site of BCG vaccination.

3. Bilateral conjunctival injection without exudate.

4. Changes in the lips and oral cavity like red, cracked lips, strawberry tongue, and/or diffuse erythema of the oral or pharyngeal mucosa.

5. Cervical lymphadenopathy with at least one lymph node measuring 1.5 cm in size and more is the least consistent feature of KD.