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Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia-coli-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome in Istanbul in 2015: outcome and experience with eculizumab.

Ayşe AğbaşNilüfer GöknarNurver AkıncıZeynep Yürük YıldırımMehmet TaşdemirMeryem Benzerİbrahim GökçeCengiz CandanNuran KüçükSelçuk UzunerGül ÖzçelikDemet DemirkolLale SeverSalim Çalışkan
Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2018)
An outbreak of EAEC occurred in a specific region of Istanbul. Livestock markets were suspected as the source. Evidence for beneficial effects of eculizumab on renal outcome was not clear in this cohort.
Keyphrases
  • escherichia coli
  • biofilm formation
  • klebsiella pneumoniae
  • pulmonary embolism
  • multidrug resistant