MYOCARDITIS AND HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME

Authors
ABUARAFEH I GRAY E YOUNGSON G AUCHTERLONIE I RUSSELL G
Citation
I. Abuarafeh et al., MYOCARDITIS AND HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 72(1), 1995, pp. 46-47
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Archives of Disease in Childhood → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039888
Volume
72
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
46 - 47
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9888(1995)72:1<46:MAHS>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A 13 year old girl is reported who presented with haemolytic uraemic s yndrome (HUS) due to Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection. She died duri ng the acute phase of the illness after an episode of unexplained sudd en circulatory collapse. Postmortem examination confirmed the diagnosi s of HUS and showed histological evidence of myocarditis manifested by the presence of inflammatory cell infiltration in the myocardium and around the conducting system.