title: [Hemolytic uremic syndrome in childhood: not so rare in Swiss children].
abstract: Fifty years after the first report by Gasser and Gautier, hemolytic, uremic syndrome is rather rare but severe childhood disease. A recent survey demonstrates that more than 90% of the cases occurring in Switzerland are caused either by Escherichia coli that produces shigatoxin or by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
authors.affiliation: Kindernephrologie, Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fontana
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: von Vigier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rudin
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bianchetti
mesh_terms: D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013557:Switzerland