Table 5 List of illnesses entering in differential diagnosis with Kawasaki disease

. viral (rubella, adenovirus, enterovirus, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, parvovirus B19, human herpesvirus 6)

. scarlet fever

. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

. toxic shock syndrome

. staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

. bartonellosis

. Rocky mountain spotted fever

. tularemia

. leptospirosis

. drug hypersensitivity reaction

. Stevens-Johnson syndrome

. juvenile idiopathic arthritis

. polyarteritis nodosa

. autoinflammatory syndromes

. sarcoidosis

. acrodynia