title: Hemolytic uremic syndrome in a child with laboratory-acquired Escherichia coli O157:H7.
abstract: A 6-year-old girl touched an agar plate containing Escherichia coli O157:H7 while visiting a hospital laboratory, and subsequently, colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome developed. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of the isolate cultured from her stool and that from the laboratory were identical.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street & Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Ann E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Salerno
authors.forename: Kevin E C
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.forename: Karin L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: McGowan
authors.forename: Bernard S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans