An outbreak of hemolytic uremic syndrome associated with antibiotic treatment of hospital inpatients for dysentery

Emerg Infect Dis. 1995 Oct-Dec;1(4):138-40. doi: 10.3201/eid0104.950407.

Authors

S Al-Qarawi¹, R E Fontaine, M S Al-Qahtani

Affiliation

¹ Saudi Arabian Field Epidemiology Training Program, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Drug Therapy, Combination
Dysentery, Bacillary / complications*
Dysentery, Bacillary / drug therapy*
Female
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / complications
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / epidemiology
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / etiology*
Hospitalization
Humans
Male

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents