A Case of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Caused by Escherichia coli O104:H4

A 29-year-old woman presented with bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. She was diagnosed with Escherichia coli O104:H4-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) and treated with plasmapheresis and hemodialysis for 3 weeks. She recovered with...

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Autores principales: Bae, Woo Kyun, Lee, Youn Kyoung, Cho, Min Seok, Ma, Seong Kwon, Kim, Soo Wan, Kim, Nam Ho, Choi, Ki Chul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2006
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2688167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16807997
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2006.47.3.437
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Sumario:A 29-year-old woman presented with bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. She was diagnosed with Escherichia coli O104:H4-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) and treated with plasmapheresis and hemodialysis for 3 weeks. She recovered without sequelae. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of Escherichia coli O104:H4-associated HUS in Korea. We recommend that Escherichia coli O104:H4, as well as the more common O157:H7, be considered in the diagnosis of bloody diarrhea-associated HUS.

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