Two to seven per cent of those people develop haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a disease characterized by kidney failure.

Infection with VTEC strains can lead to bloody diarrhoea and Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome, a serious complication that can be fatal.

Marie-Eve Chainey has been on dialysis since 2002 when she was diagnosed with aHUS (atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome) at the age of 18.

A particular life-threatening complication called haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) may develop in 5-10% of people infected with a toxin-producing form of E. coli.

2% to 7% of those people develop haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a disease characterized by kidney failure (in recent outbreaks, this percentage has risen to as high as 16%).

A method of treating hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) in a mammal subject is also part of the invention.

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS): what treatment is available?

Schistocytes (->) and thrombocytopenia in a patient with haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS).

In some children, about a week after infection, it can progress to hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).

Surveillance of enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) infections and haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) in Europe.

Other diseases associated with E. coli include hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP).

Food poisoning caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria can cause hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).

Other diseases associated with E. coli include haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP).

This is described as hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and is especially dangerous for the elderly and small children.

Complications are rare, but infections have been associated with reactive arthritis (persons with HLA-B27), hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), Guillain-Barré syndrome, and septicemia.