Hemolytic-uremic syndrome following urinary tract infection with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli: Case report and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 310-315

  Starr, M ^b   Bennett Wood, V ^b   Bigham, A K ^b   De Koning Ward, T F ^b   Bordun, A M ^b   Lightfoot, D ^b   Bettelheim, K A ^b   Jones, C L ^b   Robins Browne, R M ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0031905068     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514656     Document Type: Article

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