Table 1

Recommended investigations and clinical assessment to exclude Kawasaki disease

  • Full blood count and film

  • Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C reactive protein

  • Blood culture

  • Antistreptolysin O titre and antiDNAse B

  • Nasal and throat swab bacterial and viral culture

  • Stool culture

  • Urea and electrolytes

  • Liver function tests

  • Clotting screen

  • Autoantibody screen

  • Viral titres for enterovirus, adenovirus, parovirus, Epstein Barr virus, cytomegalovirus

  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae titres

  • Urine microscopy – dipsticking for proteinuria and haematuria

  • ECG/echocardiography/chest x ray