Hyperammonemia with complex urinary tract anomaly: a case report.
Hyperammonemia has been reported rarely in the pediatric age group in systemically ill patients. All cases resulted from infections with urea splitting organisms, which are more common among patients who have undergone surgical procedures on the urinary tract. The authors report for the first time in the pediatric literature, one patient who presented with hyperammonemic encephalopathy that resulted from urinary tract infection with Staphylococcus epidermidis and Corynebacterium sp.
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Paediatric Surgical Unit, Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Trust, Western Bank, Sheffield, UK.
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Bonham
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Mackinnon
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D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000209:etiology; D001928:Brain Diseases, Metabolic / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000201:enzymology; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000601:surgery; D022124:Hyperammonemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000150:complications; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000201:enzymology; D015607:Stents; D014510:Urease / Q000378:metabolism; D014519:Ureterostomy; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000209:etiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D014510:Urease