Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome associated with Aeromonas hydrophila enterocolitis

Pediatr Nephrol. 1991 May;5(3):293-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00867480.

Abstract

Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) associated with Aeromonas hydrophila enterocolitis is reported in a 23-month-old female infant. The A. hydrophila strain isolated from the patient's stool sample produced cytotoxin against verocells; increasing levels of cytotoxin-neutralizing antibody in the patient's sera were demonstrated, suggesting a recent infection. This report indicates that A. hydrophila should be suspected as a possible cause of HUS, and that this pathogen should be looked for in cases of post-diarrhoeal HUS.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aeromonas / immunology
  • Aeromonas / isolation & purification*
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / immunology
  • Bacterial Infections*
  • Cytotoxins / immunology
  • Enterocolitis / microbiology*
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Female
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Cytotoxins