Common association of haemolytic uraemic syndrome with invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in five Chinese paediatric patients

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-241

  So, C C ^a,b   Leung, Y Y ^a,b   Yip, S F ^a,b   Chan, S Y ^b   Lam, Clarence C K ^a,b   Chan, Godfrey C F ^b   Chim, Stella ^b   Chan, L C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Pneumococcal infections; Serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECORTICATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPYEMA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MENINGITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79958727204     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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