How to Use Kawasaki disease in a Sentence

Kawasaki disease

noun

• In the spring of 2020, reports emerged from around the world about children who were exhibiting symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2021
• That’s where Aislynn’s sister, 3-year-old Adelaide, had been diagnosed with Kawasaki disease.
  — Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 5 May 2022
• The syndrome appears to have some similarities with Kawasaki disease and can cause problems with a child's heart, lungs, kidneys and other organs.
  — The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2021
• Brown was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease at 15 months old, resulting in glaucoma.
  — Christian Ortega, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2021
• For instance, a small study published on August 18 in Nature Medicine concluded that the condition is distinct from Kawasaki disease, as many doctors suspected.
  — Robin Lloyd, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020
• When first seen, the condition was mistaken for Kawasaki disease, which causes swelling in artery walls throughout the body, sometimes leading to complications like aneurysms, according to U.S. health officials.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2021
• Though Kawasaki disease has been studied since the 1960s, its cause hasn’t yet been identified—but is often assumed to be an infection that kicks off an immune reaction in children with some genetic vulnerability.
  — Maryn McKenna, Wired, 19 Aug. 2020
• Aubrey Virgin, a 13-year-old from Palmer, has Kawasaki disease — a relatively rare illness that causes body rashes, high fever and swelling — along with asthma, juvenile arthritis and an autoinflammatory disease.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2022
• While the symptoms overlap a little with Kawasaki disease, another inflammatory condition, there are distinct differences.
  — Ritu Banerjee, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024