Risk factors for the development of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome

Pediatrics International

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 218-222

  Kawamura, Naohisa ^a   Yamazaki, Takeshi ^a   Tamai, Hiroshi ^b  

^a OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein risk factor; Escherichia coli O157:H7 enteritis; Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Leukocyte

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; VEROTOXIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I;

EID: 0033028972     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.1999.4121040.x     Document Type: Review

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