Postdiarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome in persons aged 65 and older in foodnet sites, 2000-2006

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 366-368

  Gould, L Hannah ^a   Jordan, John G ^b,e   Dunn, John ^c   Apostol, Mirasol ^d   Griffin, Patricia M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d California Emerging Infections Program   (United States)

^e TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; DIARRHEA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LETTER; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTDIARRHEAL HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951627711     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03269.x     Document Type: Letter

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