The use of a rapid fluorogenic neuraminidase assay to differentiate acute Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) from other forms of HUS

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2015, Pages e117-e119

  Szilágyi, Ágnes ^a   Györke, Zsuzsa ^b   Bereczki, Csaba ^c   Kelen, Kata ^a   Tóth Heyn, Péter ^a   Tulassay, Tivadar ^a   Reusz, György S ^a   Szabó, Attila J ^a   Prohászka, Zoltán ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

differential diagnosis of pediatric hemolytic uremic syndrome; neuraminidase activity; Pneumococcus; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

NEURAMINIDASE A; SIALIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEURAMINIDASE ASSAY; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE ASSOCIATED HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; INFANT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME ASSAYS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURAMINIDASE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925812016     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2014-0400     Document Type: Letter

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