@entity417 in association with XXXX O157 infection in two sisters.

@entity1 @entity8 @entity697 @entity295 @entity417 @entity742 @entity1109 @entity1902 @entity2142 @entity526
Two sisters, 2 and 5 years of age, suffered from acute @entity417 occurring after @entity1902 with @entity526 O157. One @entity1 developed clinical signs of severe and @entity697 and @entity295 . She received transfusion and antibiotic therapy. The second @entity1 presented with mild to moderate @entity1109 only. None of them developed @entity8 . In serum of both @entity1 , elevated titres of short-lived agglutinins were demonstrated in the indirect haemagglutination assay consisting of @entity742 erythrocytes coated with lipopolysaccharide from @entity526 O157. By immunoblot analysis IgM antibodies against the O157 lipopolysaccharide were demonstrated in the acute phase sera but not in follow up sera taken 2 months after disease. On erythrocyte membranes, adsorption of microbial antigens was detected by use of a pool-immunoglobulin fluorescence test. The immunological status of both @entity1 was normal. Complete recovery from @entity2142 was observed without further therapy. Microbial antigens attached to the cell surface were assumed to be the pathophysiological cause of @entity526 O157 associated @entity417 in two siblings.
