The 5th revised edition of the Kawasaki disease diagnostic guidelines updates criteria to account for early IVIG treatment and atypical presentations.
Diagnostic guidelines for Kawasaki Disease was revised to meet the present situation in 2002. This issue intends to explain new guidelines and their backgrounds. Major alterations are interpretation of cases with 4 or fewer febrile days shortened by early intravenous immunoglobulin treatment, and the clinical importance of atypical (incomplete, or suspected) cases.
Ayusawa et al. (2005) studied this question.