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Table 3 Disorders to differentiate from Kawasaki syndrome

From: Kawasaki syndrome: an intriguing disease with numerous unsolved dilemmas

Viral infections (e.g. measles, infection by Adenovirus, Enterovirus or Epstein-Barr virus)

Scarlet fever

Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

Toxic shock syndrome

Bacterial cervical lymphadenitis

Drug hypersensitivity reactions

Stevens-Johnson syndrome

Systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii infection)

Leptospirosis

Mercury hypersensitivity reaction