From diarrhoea to haemolytic uraemic syndrome - When to seek advice

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-398

  Pollock, Kevin G J ^a   Stewart, Alexander ^b   Beattie, T James ^c   Todd, W T Andrew ^d   Ahn, Christina K ^e   Tarr, Phillip I ^e   Cowden, John M ^a  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Speech and Language Therapy   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d MONKLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA SUBSTITUTE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALGORITHM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLITIS; CONSULTATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; ENTERITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FARM ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INTESTINE INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SIBLING; STEATORRHEA; ZOONOSIS; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY;

CHILD; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS;

EID: 65449169748     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.007179-0     Document Type: Editorial

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