Treatment of hemolytic uremic syndrome related to Bordetella pertussis infection —is plasma exchange or eculizumab use necessary?

BACKGROUND: Bordetella pertussis infection is a known trigger of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). For patients suspected of having atypical HUS, prompt plasma exchange/infusion (PE/PI) or eculizumab (ECZ) treatment is recommended. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a 1-month-old female infant who...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC Nephrol
Hauptverfasser: Saida, Ken, Ogura, Masao, Kano, Yuji, Ishimori, Shingo, Yoshikawa, Takahisa, Nagata, Hiroko, Sato, Mai, Kamei, Koichi, Ishikura, Kenji
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6297948/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30558570
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-1168-y
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