Hemolytic uremic syndrome in a child with laboratory-acquired Escherichia coli O157:H7.

Salerno, Ann E; Meyers, Kevin E C; McGowan, Karin L; Kaplan, Bernard S · J Pediatr · 2004

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 6-year-old girl touched an agar plate containing Escherichia coli O157:H7 while visiting a hospital laboratory, and subsequently, colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome developed. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of the isolate cultured from her stool and that from the laboratory were identical.

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