Hemolytic uremic syndrome and Clostridium difficile colitis

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) can be associated with different infectious etiologies, but the relationship between pseudomembranous colitis and HUS was first described in the 1970s in some childhood patients. There is very limited published literature on Clostridium difficile-associated HUS. We re...

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Autores principales: Keshtkar-Jahromi, Maryam, Mohebtash, Mahsa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23882375
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i3.19064
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description Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) can be associated with different infectious etiologies, but the relationship between pseudomembranous colitis and HUS was first described in the 1970s in some childhood patients. There is very limited published literature on Clostridium difficile-associated HUS. We report a case of C. difficile-related HUS in an adult patient and provide a review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-37140672013-07-23 Hemolytic uremic syndrome and Clostridium difficile colitis Keshtkar-Jahromi, Maryam Mohebtash, Mahsa J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) can be associated with different infectious etiologies, but the relationship between pseudomembranous colitis and HUS was first described in the 1970s in some childhood patients. There is very limited published literature on Clostridium difficile-associated HUS. We report a case of C. difficile-related HUS in an adult patient and provide a review of the literature. Co-Action Publishing 2012-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3714067/ /pubmed/23882375 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i3.19064 Text en © 2012 Maryam Keshtkar-Jahromi and Mahsa Mohebtash http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Hemolytic uremic syndrome and Clostridium difficile colitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714067/
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