Erschienen in:
08.02.2018 | Scientific Letter
Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
verfasst von:
Suresh Kumar Angurana, Ankit Mehta, Triptee Agrawal, Karthi Nallasamy, Muralidharan Jayashree
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
|
Ausgabe 9/2018
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Excerpt
To the Editor: Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a common cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) in young children and is characterized by triad of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA), thrombocytopenia, and AKI. Diarrhea-associated/typical HUS is the commonest (80-90%) cause of HUS in children (caused by enterohemorrhagic
Escherichia coli O157:H7) [
1,
2]. Though rarely reported from India,
Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated HUS is well described from different parts of the world [
3‐
5]. …