A four-year-old with Streptococcus pneumoniae--associated hemolytic uremic syndrome and gall bladder disease necessitating cholecystectomy

Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2009 Sep;48(7):770-2. doi: 10.1177/0009922809333091. Epub 2009 Mar 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anemia / diagnosis
  • Anemia / microbiology
  • Anemia / therapy
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic*
  • Drainage
  • Empyema, Pleural / diagnosis
  • Empyema, Pleural / microbiology
  • Empyema, Pleural / therapy
  • Erythrocyte Transfusion
  • Gallbladder / pathology
  • Gallbladder / surgery
  • Gallbladder Diseases / diagnosis
  • Gallbladder Diseases / microbiology*
  • Gallbladder Diseases / therapy
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / microbiology*
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Plasma Exchange
  • Platelet Transfusion
  • Pleural Effusion / diagnosis
  • Pleural Effusion / microbiology
  • Pleural Effusion / therapy
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / therapy
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Streptococcal Infections / therapy
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • Thrombocytopenia / diagnosis
  • Thrombocytopenia / microbiology
  • Thrombocytopenia / therapy