Hemolytic uremic syndrome associated with invasive Streptococcus Pneumoniae infection: Report of one case

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Ou, Chun Yen ^a   Chiou, Yee Hsuan ^a,b   Chang, Jenn Tzong ^a   Chiu, Ching Lan ^a   Shih, Chen Hung ^a   Hsieh, Kai Sheng ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Continuous veno venous hemodiafiltration; Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Renal failure; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Thomsen Friedenreich antigen

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZITHROMYCIN; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

FEMALE; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33646007332     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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