Infliximab treatment of pancreatitis complicating acute kawasaki disease

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Oct;31(10):1087-9. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31826108c2.

Abstract

Kawasaki disease can be associated with gastrointestinal complications, including pancreatitis. We describe a child in whom infliximab infusion for intravenous immunoglobulin-resistant Kawasaki disease coincided with marked clinical improvement of the patient's acute pancreatitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / administration & dosage*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Factors / administration & dosage*
  • Infliximab
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / complications*
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • Pancreatitis / drug therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Immunologic Factors
  • Infliximab