Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome

Streptococcus pneumonia-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) (pneumococcal HUS) is an uncommon condition mainly observed in young children. Early recognition is critical, because of the potential to improve morbidity and mortality. In our review we summarize the pathophysiology, clinical featu...

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Autores principales: Copelovitch, Lawrence, Kaplan, Bernard S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2008
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Educational Feature
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6904394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17564729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00467-007-0518-y
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description Streptococcus pneumonia-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) (pneumococcal HUS) is an uncommon condition mainly observed in young children. Early recognition is critical, because of the potential to improve morbidity and mortality. In our review we summarize the pathophysiology, clinical features, diagnostic difficulties and management of this potentially under-diagnosed condition.
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spelling pubmed-69043942019-12-24 Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome Copelovitch, Lawrence Kaplan, Bernard S. Pediatr Nephrol Educational Feature Streptococcus pneumonia-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) (pneumococcal HUS) is an uncommon condition mainly observed in young children. Early recognition is critical, because of the potential to improve morbidity and mortality. In our review we summarize the pathophysiology, clinical features, diagnostic difficulties and management of this potentially under-diagnosed condition. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2008-11-01 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC6904394/ /pubmed/17564729 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00467-007-0518-y Text en © IPNA 2007 This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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