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According to Britain’s health service, a small number of people can also develop hemolytic uraemic syndrome which can sometimes lead to kidney failure and death.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2024

On 19 May 2011, three children at a city hospital were battling haemolytic uraemic syndrome, a life-threatening condition caused by a severe gastrointestinal infection with the bacterium Escherichia coli.

From Nature • Aug. 26, 2014

The fatal termination in cancer of the uterus is often brought about by the development of uraemic symptoms.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

When the kidneys become so badly diseased that they can no longer perform their function of separating from the blood the nitrogenous end-products of digestion, uraemic poisoning occurs.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.