The nurse knows that Kawasaki disease is:
1. Contagious, especially among children in close settings, such as day-care institutions.
2. Mainly due to a cascading process.
3. Diagnosed as an exclusion process.
4. Most prevalent when the signs and symptoms have been present for less than three days.
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1. The disease is not contagious among children, but is seen in certain geographic areas during certain times of the year.
2. This disease is thought to be caused by an infectious organism.
3. Kawasaki disease is diagnosed as a process of exclusion.
4. Symptoms of red lips and a strawberry tongue usually occur following a fever after 5 days.
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