Why the study?
Does Epstein-Barr virus infection contribute to the development of coronary artery lesions in a child with suspected Kawasaki disease?
Population
A six-year-old child with an aneurysm and stenoses of the coronary arteries and suspected Kawasaki disease.
Comparison
In situ hybridization for expression of EBER-1… vs Positive controls consisting of an EBV positive…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Does not support EBV contribution to coronary lesions in this Kawasaki case; leaves open viral triggers in pediatric aneurysms.
Does Epstein-Barr virus infection contribute to the development of coronary artery lesions in a child with suspected Kawasaki disease?
In a postmortem analysis of a 6-year-old with suspected Kawasaki disease and coronary aneurysms, EBV infection was not detected in the coronary artery or myocardium.
Culora et al. (1997) studied this question.
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