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Hyperammonaemia due to Klebsiella infection in a neuropathic bladder

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A boy with a neuropathic bladder and a single hydronephrotic kidney developed hyperammonaemic encephalopathy during a urinary tract infection with Klebsiella oxytoca. Although particularly associated with Proteus infections and prune belly syndrome, hyperammonaemia can complicate infection with any urease-producing bacteria if there is urinary stasis.

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  1. Department of Child Health, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, , , , , , GB

    Hon-Kit Cheang, Nicholas D. Plant & Andrew A. M. Morris

  2. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, , , , , , GB

    Laurence Rangecroft

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  1. Hon-Kit Cheang
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Received February 9, 1998; received in revised form April 13, 1998; accepted April 14, 1998

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Cheang, HK., Rangecroft, L., Plant, N. et al. Hyperammonaemia due to Klebsiella infection in a neuropathic bladder. Pediatr Nephrol 12, 658–659 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670050523

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