Isolation of toxigenic Hafnia alvei from a probable case of hemolytic uremic syndrome

Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 227-229

  Crandall, C ^a   Abbott, S L ^a   Zhao, Y Q ^a   Probert, W ^a   Janda, J M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HAFNIA ALVEI; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; LABORATORY; NECK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGURIA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRUNK; VERO CELL; VOMITING;

CHILD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HAFNIA ALVEI; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS;

EID: 33747061334     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-006-5088-6     Document Type: Article

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