Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute illness of early childhood. It is characterized by fever lasting >5 d, edema and redness of hands and feet, erythematous skin rash, bilateral conjunctival congestion, ...
Lancefield group A streptococci isolated from recent outbreaks and sporadic cases of scarlet fever were restricted to the following M types 1, 3, 4, 6, 12, 18, 22 and 66. These strains were examined ...