The relationship of eosinophilia to intravenous immunoglobulin treatment failure in Kawasaki disease

Ho Chang Kuo, Kuender D. Yang, Chi Di Liang, Chin Nam Bong, Hong Ren Yu, Lin Wang, Chih Lu Wang*

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To investigate the role of eosinophils in Kawasaki disease (KD) and the relationship to initial intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment failure. A retrospective analysis of all children who were admitted and met the criteria of KD between 1999 and 2005. The patients were divided into IVIG-responsive and IVIG-resistant groups. A total of 185 patients were enrolled during the study period. A series of blood eosinophils and biochemistry studies were correlated to the effectiveness of IVIG. The neutrophils percentage before IVIG treatment (pre-IVIG), leukocyte counts within 3 days after IVIG treatment (post-IVIG), liver enzyme, albumin levels, and post-IVIG eosinophils percentage were all significantly different between the two groups in univariate analysis. Under multivariate analysis with logistic regression, post-IVIG eosinophilia [peripheral blood (PB) eosinophils ≥4%] had an inverse correlation to KD patients with IVIG-resistance (p = 0.003). Also, pre-IVIG hypoalbuminemia (albumin ≤3.0 g/dl) was positively correlated to IVIG-resistance (p = 0.018). Further analysis showed that the PB eosinophils was markedly increased in the acute stage and returned to normal 3 weeks after IVIG treatment (p < 0.001). Eosinophil levels are highly elevated in the acute stage of KD both before and after the IVIG treatment. Post-IVIG treatment eosinophilia has an inverse correlation to KD patients with IVIG-resistance and may indicate IVIG-responsive. This may be a valuable factor to survey for the necessity of a second dose IVIG treatment.

原文英語
頁(從 - 到)354-359
頁數6
期刊Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
18
發行號4
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出版狀態已出版 - 06 2007
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