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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:96-97.

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I read with interest the article by Barone et al,¹ which demonstrates the difficulties of differentiating acute adenoviral infection from Kawasaki disease and the value of a rapid antigen detection assay for adenovirus. The author did not detect a significant difference in age between the 2 patient groups. Children with Kawasaki disease had a mean ± SD age of 39 ± 22 months vs a mean ± SD age of 64 ± 33 months in children with adenovirus infection. None of the 36 patients with Kawasaki disease, in contrast with 2 of the 7 patients with adenoviral infection, were older than 61 months. Five of 7 patients with adenoviral infection were older than 4 years. Of previously reported patients with Kawasaki disease, 80% have been younger than 4 years and 90% younger than 5 years. A more appropriate measurement in this instance might have been the median or mode for . . . [Full Text of this Article]