Antibiotic resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae and hemolytic uremic syndrome

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 414-416

  Barit, Gonca ^a   Sakarcan, Abdullah ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Pediatric; Renal failure; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; BICARBONATE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 21644444433     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-1662-7     Document Type: Article

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