An outbreak of diarrhea-associated childhood hemolytic uremic syndrome: The Walkerton epidemic

Kidney International

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 112, 2009, Pages

  Matsell, Douglas G ^a   White, Colin T ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood; HUS; Outbreak; Outcome; Waterborne

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANADA; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MANURE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; TIME; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MANURE; ONTARIO; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 63049125235     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.628     Document Type: Conference Paper

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