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Timothy Li

@drtimothyli

ID physician @CUHKMedicine • #abxstewardship • #penicillinallergy • Certificate in Travel Health®

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Shiga toxin–producing E.coli (STEC) infection and microangiopathy including hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) Risk factors for HUS: ➡️STEC with Shiga toxin 2 (e.g. E.coli O157) ➡️Age <5 ➡️Antibiotic use (⭐avoid in immunocompetent with bloody diarrhoea) doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra…

Shiga toxin–producing E.coli (STEC) infection and microangiopathy including hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS)

Risk factors for HUS:
 ➡️STEC with Shiga toxin 2 (e.g. E.coli O157) 
➡️Age &lt;5
➡️Antibiotic use (⭐avoid in immunocompetent with bloody diarrhoea)

doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra…