[Hemolytic uremic syndrome in childhood: not so rare in Swiss children].
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.
Fontana
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Kindernephrologie, Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel.
von Vigier
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Rudin
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Bianchetti
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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