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Vol. 5 No. 3 (1996): Turkish Journal of Nephrology Türk Nefroloji Derneği Dergisi TND Dergisi

SALMONELLA ENFEKSİYONUNUN HEMOLİTİK ÜREMİK SENDROM ETYOLOJİSİNDEKİ ROLÜ

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Özlem ERDOĞAN
Ayşe ÖNER
Mehmet BÜLBÜL
Gülay DEMİRCİN
Feride DURU

Abstract

Two patients of ages seven and 11 having both hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and salmonella infection findings concomitantly were presented. The relevance of HUS with some infectious agents and rarely with salmonella infections is a well-known entity. In this paper, the pathogenetic role of salmonella in HUS and some clinical and loboratory features of HUS were discussed. 


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