Open AccessSTUDIES ON RICKETTSIA‐LIKE BODY IN KAWASAKI DISEASE ATTEMPTS OF THE ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION
Author(s) -
Tasaka Kachio,
Hamashima Yoshihiro
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1978.tb00535.x
Subject(s) - kawasaki disease , yolk sac , isolation (microbiology) , lymph , pathology , biology , yolk , disease , medicine , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , artery , embryo , ecology
Rickettsia‐llke bodies were reportedly found in biopsies of the skin and lymph nodes from half the number of patients with Kawasaki's disease. In our present work, these microbodies were isolated from the peripheral whole blood of a patient with Kawasaki's disease (MLNS) through passage of guinea pigs and yolk sac culture. However, the isolated strains disappeared spontaneously during their stores at −80°G for two weeks.