Abstract

Kawasaki disease is a systemic vasculitis that often present with abnormal urinary findings, such as aseptic pyuria, mild proteinuria and microscopic haematuria. In this case report, we present a five-year-old boy who was initially prescribed antibiotics for pyuria, fever and high acute phase reactant levels, but later diagnosed as Kawasaki disease during the follow-up and regression of the coronary arterial perivascular echogenicity had been observed after IVIG treatment

Keywords: Sterile pyuria, kawasaki disease

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Bayram MT, Kır M, Demir BK, Türkmen M, Soylu A, Kavukçu S. CLINICAL PRESENTATION WITH ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS IN A CASE WITH KAWASAKI DISEASE. Turk J Pediatr Dis [Internet]. 2012 Jun. 1 [cited 2025 May 24];6(3):180-4. Available from: https://turkjpediatrdis.org/article/view/194