Avtor/Urednik | Blatnik, Janja; Lešničar, Gorazd; Šibanc, Branko; Cvitan, Stella | |
Naslov | Okužba z Escherichio coli O157:H7 - prikaz primera | |
Prevedeni naslov | Infection caused by Escherichia coli O157:H7 - case report | |
Tip | članek | |
Vir | Zdrav Vestn | |
Vol. in št. | Letnik 71, št. 7-8 | |
Leto izdaje | 2002 | |
Obseg | str. 439-41 | |
Jezik | slo | |
Abstrakt | Background. Escherichia coli 0157:H7 causes hemorrhagic colitis and is associated with serious complications, which include hemolytic uremic syndrome, thrombocytopenic purpura, and death. Patient and methods. A 3-years old girl with infection by Escherichia coli 0157:H7 presented with hemorrhagic colitis, bicytopenia and proteinuria with microhematuria. Diarrhoea subsided in a few days without specific therapy, complications subsided during treatment with aminoglycoside antibiotic. Conclusions. Infection by Escherichia coli 0157:H7 must be recognised in time especialy in young children and in the olderly. In these group this infection often leads to serious complications, even death. | |
Izvleček | Izhodišča. Escherichia coli 0157:H7 povzroča hemoragični kolitis in je povezana z resnimi zapleti, kot so hemolitično uremični sindrom, trombocitopenična purpura in smrt. Bolnik in metode. Predstavljena je triletna deklica z okužbo z Escherichio coli 0157:H7 s hemoragičnim kolitisom, bicitopenijo in proteinurijo z mikrohematurijo. Driska je spontano izzvenela v nekaj dneh, zapleti so izzveneli ob zdravljenju z aminoglikozidnim antibiotikom. Zaključki. Okužbo z verotoksično Escherichio coli je pomembno prepoznati pravočasno predvsem pri majhnih otrocih in starejših ljudeh. Pri omenjenih skupinah namreč ta okužba pogosto povzroči težke zalete, celo smrt. | |
Deskriptorji | ESCHERICHIA COLI O157 HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME HEMATURIA PROTEINURIA CHILD, PRESCHOOL |