1967年,日本人川崎在东京报道一种病因尚不明的急性发热疾病,他定名为粘膜皮肤淋巴结症群(Mucocutaneous Lymph-nodeSyndrome,简称M.C.L.S.),全部50例都是5岁以下的儿童和婴儿[Kawasaki,T.,JapJ Allergol,16:178,1967]。三年后,日本厚生省建立了M.C.L.S.特别研究组,对此症群进行研究。目前对粘膜皮肤淋巴结症群有以下的认识 In 1967, Kawasaki, a Japanese who reported in Tokyo an etiology of unknown acute fever, was named Mucocutaneous Lymph-node Syndrome (MCLS) and all 50 were children and infants under 5 years of age [ Kawasaki, T., JapJ Allergol, 16: 178, 1967]. Three years later, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan established the M.C.L.S. Special Study Group to study this syndrome. The current mucosal cutaneous lymph node group have the following understanding