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Background The incidence of gemcitabine-induced hemolytic uremic syndrome has already been described in adults. Several approaches have been employed in the treatment of gemcitabine-induced hemolytic uremic syndrome with different outcomes.
Ludovica Facchini +9 more
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Factors Governing the Cross-Species Virulence of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli
Phage-encoded Shiga toxin (Stx) released by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) can kill multiple eukaryotic bacterial predators, including Acanthamoeba castellanii, Tetrahymena thermophila and Caenorhabditis elegans.
Paul Hart +4 more
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Infections due to Shiga toxin-producing enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) are often mild and self-limiting, but more severe cases can develop into hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and hemorrhagic colitis. This case report documents a sporadic case
Camille D. Tanquilut +3 more
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Recurrent hemolytic uremic syndrome
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is an uncommon cause of acute renal failure. Diarrhea-associated (D+) HUS, usually seen in children, is a common variety of HUS. HUS that is not associated with diarrhea (D-) is caused by a heterogeneous group of disorders. We report here a case of recurrent HUS (D-) in an adult female with hypocomplementemia.
Lakshminarayana, G. +4 more
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Eculizumab experience in an adult patient with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
Atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome is a disease characterized by nonimmune hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and renal failure. In this study, we present a case of a patient with atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome treated successfully with eculizumab ...
Funda Sari +6 more
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Maro Ohanian, Christian Cable, Kathleen HalkaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Scott and White Healthcare, The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USAAbstract: This case report describes how eculizumab reversed ...
Ohanian M, Cable CC, Halka KK
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Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome [PDF]
AbstractAtypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) that affects multiple organs and the kidneys in particular. aHUS can be sporadic or familial and is most commonly caused by dysregulation of the alternative complement pathway.
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Clinical case of thrombotic microangiopathy in obstetric practice
Trombotic microangiopathy is heterogeneous group of the diseases united by a community of a histological and clinical implications at difference of pathogenetic mechanisms, presents clinical-morphological syndrome characterizing a lesion of vessels of a ...
M. N. Mochalova +5 more
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Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome and mutation analysis of factor H gene in two Tunisian families
Imen Habibi1,Imen Sfar1,Walid Ben Alaya1, Jihen Methlouthi2, Abdelkrim Ayadi2, Mounira Brahim2, Jacques Blouin3, Raoudha Dhagbouj1, Thouraya Ben Rhomdhane1, Mouna Makhlouf1, Houda Aouadi1, Saloua Ayed-Jendoubi1, Véronique Fremeaux-bacchi3 ...
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Critical appraisal of eculizumab for atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
Lilian M Pereira Palma,1 Craig B Langman2 1Pediatric Nephrology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil; 2The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and the Ann and Robert H.
Palma LMP, Langman CB
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