Ten years of pneumococcal-associated haemolytic uraemic syndrome in New Zealand children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 731-735

  Prestidge, Chanel ^a   Wong, William ^a  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome; Pneumococcal associated haemolytic uraemic syndrome; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MAORI; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PNEUMATOCELE; PNEUMOCOCCAL ASSOCIATED HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POPULATION GROUPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 73449116405     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01603.x     Document Type: Article

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