A four-year-old with Streptococcus pneumoniae--associated hemolytic uremic syndrome and gall bladder disease necessitating cholecystectomy.
Schwab
Joel
J
Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA. jschwab@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu
Setty
Mala
M
D000740:Anemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D004322:Drainage; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010951:Plasma Exchange; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy