Hemolytic uremic syndrome in an infant following Bordetella pertussis infection

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 515-517

  Pela, I ^a   Seracini, D ^a   Caprioli, A ^b   Castelletti, F ^c   Giammanco, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; ERYTHROMYCIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; OLIGURIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TACHYPNEA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 33747343205     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0171-6     Document Type: Article

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