Renal prognosis of toxigenic Escherichia coli infection.
There is a spectrum of acute illness for individuals who ingest toxigenic Escherichia coli, ranging from no symptoms to self-limited gastroenteritis, to full acute hemolytic uremic syndrome. Knowledge of the long-term prognosis of acute toxigenic E. coli ingestion, based on the presentation of acute illness, is important for patient counseling and follow-up. Here, we consider subsequent 5-year renal outcomes for groups of individuals who presented across a spectrum of acute illness during a municipal water outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in Walkerton, Canada.
Garg
Amit X
AX
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. amit.garg@lhsc.on.ca
Salvadori
Marina
M
Moist
Louise M
LM
Suri
Rita S
RS
Clark
William F
WF
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008372:Manure / Q000382:microbiology; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014871:Water Microbiology; D018508:Water Purification; D014881:Water Supply
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