Ask the KD Experts: Why is Kawasaki disease less commonly treated with steroids?

While it’s not common for Rady Children’s Hospital to treat Kawasaki disease (KD) with steroids, the use of steroids in combination with IVIG continues to be used around the world for children with aneurysms and with treatment-resistant KD. In San Diego, many sites have been using infliximab instead of steroids because of the biological data supporting the use of infliximab and what we know about the pathophysiology of KD; however, there has not been a head-to-head trial done to compare infliximab or steroids when combined with IVIG.

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Source: “2024 Kawasaki Disease Parent Symposium Q&A Session.” YouTube, uploaded by The KD Foundation, 21 October 2024, https://youtu.be/pQmmb8fIPN0?si=mSVaK9WRggab80yZ.