Is BCG Red in Kawasaki Disease with Coronary Artery Abnormality?

  • Chin Fu Wang, Department of Pediatrics, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Taiwan
  • Kai Sheng Hsieh, Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans Genreal Hospital, Taiwan

    • It is common to find the red BCG (rBCG) in Kawasaki disease (KD) in asian children. The exact mechanism of pathogenesis of rBCG is not clear at present. However, we find that KD with coronary artery abnormality (KD-CAA) is some related to rBCG. From March, 2004 to December, 2008, we erolled children with KD in E-Da hospital in south Taiwan. The relationship of KD-CAA and rBCG was discussed and literatures were reviewed.