Haemolytic uraemic syndrome in children admitted to a rural district hospital in Kenya

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-167

  Olotu, Ally Ibrahim ^a   Mithwani, S ^a   Newton, C R J C ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLOSIS; STATISTICS; URINE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HYPONATREMIA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; URINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

HEMOGLOBIN;

EID: 52049106121     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2007.070095     Document Type: Article

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