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Kawasaki SyndromeA Case-Control Study During an Outbreak in Maryland
Feng-Ying C. Lin, MD, MPH;
Anne Bailowitz, MD, MPH;
Patricia Koslowe, PhD;
Ebenezer Israel, MD, MPH;
Richard A. Kaslow, MD, MPH
Am J Dis Child. 1985;139(3):277-279.
Abstract
• An outbreak of 30 cases of Kawasaki syndrome (KS) occurred in Maryland from January through May 1983. The mean age of patients was 27 months; 60% were male. Rug shampoo exposure within one month and within six months of illness was not significantly greater in the 30 epidemic and seven sporadic cases than in their neighborhood and pediatric controls. These findings suggest that rug shampoo exposure may not be an important risk factor in the outbreak of KS in Maryland.
(AJDC 1985;139:277-279)
Author Affiliations
From the Office of Communicable Diseases and Epidemiology, Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore (Drs Lin and Israel); and the Epidemiology and Biometry Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md (Drs Bailowitz, Koslowe, and Kaslow).
Footnotes
Reprint requests to Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 201 W Preston St, Baltimore, MD 21201 (Dr Lin).
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