Haemolytic-uraemic Syndrome Associated with Aeromonas Hydrophila Enterocolitis

Overview

Journal Pediatr Nephrol

Specialties Nephrology
Pediatrics

Date 1991 May 1

PMID 1867983

Citations 10

Authors

R Bogdanovic

M Cobeljic

M Markovic

V Nikolic

M Ognjanovic

L Sarjanovic

D Makic

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Abstract

Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) associated with Aeromonas hydrophila enterocolitis is reported in a 23-month-old female infant. The A. hydrophila strain isolated from the patient's stool sample produced cytotoxin against verocells; increasing levels of cytotoxin-neutralizing antibody in the patient's sera were demonstrated, suggesting a recent infection. This report indicates that A. hydrophila should be suspected as a possible cause of HUS, and that this pathogen should be looked for in cases of post-diarrhoeal HUS.

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