Hemolytic uremic syndrome related to cryptosporidium infection in an immunocompetent child

Pediatrics International

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 788-790

  Printza, Nikoleta ^a   Sapountzi, Evdoxia ^a   Dotis, John ^a   Papachristou, Fotios ^a  

^a Aristotle University Medical School   (Greece)

Author keywords

children; cryptosporidium; hemolytic uremic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GASTROENTERITIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; COMPLICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE;

EID: 84890445725     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ped.12127     Document Type: Article

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