| an epidemic of kawasaki syndrome in hawaii. | a community-wide outbreaks of kawasaki syndrome, apparently the first in the united states, occurred in hawaii in the first half of 1978. twenty-seven of the 33 cases were subjected to intensive epidemiologic and microbiologic study. patients with kawasaki syndrome, compared to the general population, more often had japanese ancestry, high-income status, and possibly a history of respiratory infection in the preceding month (44%). staphylococcus aureus was not found in high frequency in the pati ... | 1982 | 7062202 |