Hemolytic uremic syndrome in a child with laboratory-acquired Escherichia coli O157:H7.
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.
Salerno
Ann E
AE
Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street & Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Meyers
Kevin E C
KE
McGowan
Karin L
KL
Kaplan
Bernard S
BS
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