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Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome [PDF]

Seminars in Nephrology, 2013
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a triad of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. The atypical form of HUS is a disease characterized by complement overactivation. Inherited defects in complement genes and acquired autoantibodies against complement regulatory proteins have been described.
Kavanagh D, Goodship TH, Richards A
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RpoS impacts global gene expression and carbon source utilization in Escherichia coli O104:H4

Frontiers in Microbiology
BackgroundEscherichia coli (E. coli) O104:H4 caused the 2011 enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) outbreak in Germany, which remains the outbreak with the highest incidence of hemolytic uremic syndrome worldwide. We recently identified an E.
Petya Berger, Petya Berger, Karla Bosse-Plois, Wolfgang Pölking, David Loewe, Ian U. Kouzel, Michael Berger, Ulrich Dobrindt, Alexander Mellmann, Alexander Mellmann   +9 more
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How I treat thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome [PDF]

, 2014
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS) are acute, rare life-threatening thrombotic microangiopathies that require rapid diagnosis and treatment.
Goodship, T, Scully, M
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Properdin and factor H: Opposing players on the alternative complement pathway "see-saw" [PDF]

, 2013
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Properdin and factor H are two key regulatory proteins having opposite functions in the alternative complement pathway.
Abdul-Aziz, M, Kishore, U, Kouser, L, Nayak, A, Sim, RB, Stover, CM   +5 more
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome [PDF]

Türk Pediatri Arşivi, 2015
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a clinical syndrome characterized by the triad of thrombotic microangiopathy, thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney injury. Hemolytic uremic syndrome represents a heterogeneous group of disorders with variable etiologies that result in differences in presentation, management and outcome.
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Adult hemolytic uremic syndrome

Revista del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, 2023
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), described in 1955, is characterized by the triad of non-immune mediated hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney injury. Shiga toxin, produced most frequently by E coli O157:H, is involved in its pathogenesis.
Micaela Viciconte, Lucas Fernández Otero   +1 more
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Draft genome sequences of Escherichia coli O157: H7 strains Rafaela_II (clade 8) and 7.1_Anguil (clade 6) from cattle in Argentina [PDF]

, 2015
Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a major etiologic agent of diseases in humans that cause diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, and hemolytic-uremic syndrome. Here, we report the draft genome sequences of two strains isolated from cattle that had high levels of ...
Amadio, Ariel Fernando, Amigo, Natalia, Cataldi, Ángel Adrián, Farber, Marisa Diana, Puebla, Andrea Fabiana   +4 more
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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Incidence in New York

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
A comparison of New York’s traditional communicable disease surveillance system for diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome with hospital discharge data showed a sensitivity of 65%. Escherichia coli O157:H7 was found in 63% of samples cultured from
Hwa-Gan H. Chang, Boldtsetseg Tserenpuntsag, Marilyn Kacica, Perry F. Smith, Dale L. Morse   +4 more
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Rheumatologic Manifestations of Patients With Type B Insulin Resistance

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objectives of this study were to identify laboratory and clinical features associated with type B insulin resistance (TBIR), a rare condition caused by autoantibodies that inhibit the insulin receptor, most frequently occurring in the setting of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and to increase awareness of this rare, life‐threatening ...
S. Amara Ogbonnaya, Sandra G. Williams, Raphael A. Kirou, Marissa Lightbourne, Rebecca J. Brown   +4 more
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Perinatal outcomes in normotensive versus hypertensive HELLP syndrome

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To compare maternal and neonatal outcomes between women with hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome with and without associated hypertension. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study at a tertiary university‐affiliated medical center including all singleton HELLP cases >24 weeks gestation (January ...
Matan Anteby, Keren‐Or Wertheimer, Omri Dominsky, Liran Hiersch, Yariv Yogev   +4 more
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