The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2008 , Vol 50 , Num 5
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7: case report
1Departments of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Adana
2Departments of Gastroenterology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Adana
3Department of Communicable Diseases Research, Refik Saydam National Hygiene Center, Ankara, Turkey
Erdoğan H, Erdoğan A, Levent B, Kayalı R, Arslan H. Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7: case report. Turk J Pediatr 2008; 50: 488-491.

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) is a significant bacterial pathogen of bloody diarrhea. Not only does it cause systemic complications, such as hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) (the most common cause of potentially preventable pediatric renal failure), but it also leads to large outbreaks of bloody diarrhea. Among EHEC serotypes that cause HUS, E. coli O157:H7 is the most common. Herein, we present the case of a young girl with E. coli O157:H7 infection and review the related literature. Keywords : enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC), Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), E. coli O157:H7, hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).

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