Human coronavirus NL63 is not detected in the respiratory tracts of children with acute Kawasaki disease

C. Shimizu, H. Shike, S.C. Baker, F. Garcia, L. van der Hoek, T.W. Kuijpers, S.L. Reed, A.H. Rowley, S.T. Shulman, H.K.B. Talbot, J.V. Williams, J.C. Burns

Research output: Contribution to journalArticleAcademicpeer-review

66 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a self-limited, systemic vasculitis of children for which an infectious trigger is suspected. Recently, an association between KD and human coronavirus ( HCoV) - New Haven (NH) was reported, on the basis of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with primers that also amplified HCoV-NL63. We investigated the possible association between these HCoVs in the respiratory tract and KD by reverse-transcriptase (RT) PCR and viral culture in a geographically and ethnically diverse population. Only 1 (2%) of 48 patients with acute KD was positive by RT-PCR for HCoV-NL63/NH in a nasopharyngeal swab. These data do not support an association between these HCoVs and KD
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)1767-1771
JournalThe Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume192
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005

Keywords

  • AMC wi-buiten

Cite this