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Case Reports
. 2005 Jul;164(7):414-6.
doi: 10.1007/s00431-005-1662-7. Epub 2005 Mar 31.

Antibiotic resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae and hemolytic uremic syndrome

Gonca Barit  1 , Abdullah Sakarcan
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Antibiotic resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae and hemolytic uremic syndrome

Gonca Barit et al. Eur J Pediatr. 2005 Jul.

Abstract

The hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is the most common cause of acute renal failure in young children and most often follows an episode of gastroenteritis caused by an enterohemorrhagic strain of Escherichia coli (O157:H7). HUS induced by Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) is rare. We report an 18-month-old patient who presented with HUS associated with SP resistant to penicillin and cephalosporins.

Conclusion: Despite a protracted course including renal failure requiring 15 days of peritoneal dialysis, her kidney function completely recovered.

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