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. 2016 Sep 28;18(10):32. doi: 10.1007/s11908-016-0538-5

Table 1.

Diagnosis of Kawasaki disease

Classic clinical criteria
 Fever persisting for at least 5 days
 Plus
At least four of the following principle features:
1.Extremity changes Erythema of palms/soles, edema of hands/feet, periungual peeling of fingers, toes in weeks 2–3
2.Rash Polymorphous exanthema, NOT bullous/vesicular
3.Changes in lips and oral cavity Erythema, cracked lips, strawberry tongue, diffuse injection of oral and pharyngeal mucosa
4.Conjunctival injection Bilateral, bulbar sparing limbus, nonpurulent
5.Cervical lymphadenopathy >1.5 cm in diameter, usually unilateral
Supplemental laboratory criteria
 Hypoalbuminia <3.0 mg/dL
 Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) Elevation above reference range (varies by laboratory)
 Anemia for age Decreased in hemoglobin below reference range for age
 Leukocytosis White blood cells >15,000/mm3
 Sterile pyuria (urinalysis) ≥10 WBC/HPF (high-power field)
 Thrombocytosis after 7 days Platelets >450,000/mm3 after 7 days