Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Caused by Pneumococcal Infection Leads to Severe Illness in Young Children
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 22:30
in Health & Medicine
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) caused by infection with pneumococcal bacteria leads to severe illness--with a high rate of irreversible kidney damage--in infants and young children, reports a study in the September issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.