Relatórios de Microbiologia Médica

Influenza with Rash or Influenza with Kawasaki Disease?

Zahouani T*, Lopez JV, Sitnitskaya Y

The clinical presentation of Influenza in children varies from subclinical illness to complicated disease with multiorgan involvement [1]. Many bacterial and viral infections present with a rash in the pediatric patient, which is not a common presentation of Influenza. We present a case of Influenza infection presenting with a generalized erythematous rash.