Table 1.

Perturbation in the intestinal microbiota of patients with Kawasaki syndrome.

References	Methods	Site	No of patients	Results
Horita et al. (85)	Culture	Throat	21 patients with KS, 20 with other febrile illnesses	No difference
Takeshita et al. (89)	Culture	Gut	20 patients with KS, 20 patients with acute febrile diseases, 20 healthy children	↓Lactobacillus, ↑Eubacteriuma, ↑Peptostreptococcusa
Nagata et al. (93)	Culture	Gut	19 patients with KS, 15 patients with food-sensitive enteropathy in remission	↑ Gram-negative producing hsp60, ↑ Gram-positive cocci with superantigenic properties
Kinumaki et al. (94)	Metagenomic analysis on feces	Gut	28 KS patients, 28 samples during acute-phase, 28 samples in non-acute phase	↑Ruminococcusb, ↑Roseburiab, ↑Faecalibacteriumb, ↑Streptococcus sppc

^aHigher in KS patients than in other febrile illness (no differences were observed between KS patients and healthy children).

^bHigher in KS patients during non-acute phase of the disease.

^cHigher in KS patients during acute phase of the disease.