Haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with bloody diarrhoea caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-61

  Galán Sánchez, Fátima ^a   Guerrero Lozano, Inmaculada ^a   Rubio Quiñones, Fernando ^a   Rodríguez Iglesias, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84872320501     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2012.07.001     Document Type: Letter

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