An 81-year-old man was admitted to a primary care hospital due to bloody diarrhea. The findings of abdominal computed tomography indicated ischemic colitis, so conservative therapy was started. On the 4th hospital day, the patient was transferred to our hospital because of renal dysfunction. Physical examination showed clouding of consciousness and abdominal distention. Abdominal computed tomog...

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains are primarily foodborne pathogens that may cause diarrheal outbreaks and are associated with severe complications, specifically hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). We report here genome sequence data for STEC O26:H11, which is associated with a cluster of cases of HUS, a rarely described syndrome in South Africa.

1. Remuzzi G. Hus and TTP. Variable expression of a single entity. Kidney Int. 1997;32:292-308. 2. Mercadal L, Petitclerc T, Assogba U, Beaufils H, Deray G. Hemolytic and uremic syndrome after heart transplantation. Am J Nephrology. 2000;20:418-20. 3. Robson M, Cote I, Abbs I, Koffman G, Goldsmith D. Thrombotic micro-angiopathy with sirolimus-based immunosuppression: potentation of calcineurin-...

BACKGROUND Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare disease characterized by hemolysis, thrombocytopenia, and renal dysfunction. It is a disease related to genetic mutations in the alternative complement pathway and has a distinct pathophysiology but is difficult to differentiate from other thrombotic microangiopathies. CASE REPORT We present a case of a 59-year-old female patient ...

1. Remuzzi G. Hus and TTP. Variable expression of a single entity. Kidney Int. 1997;32:292-308. 2. Mercadal L, Petitclerc T, Assogba U, Beaufils H, Deray G. Hemolytic and uremic syndrome after heart transplantation. Am J Nephrology. 2000;20:418-20. 3. Robson M, Cote I, Abbs I, Koffman G, Goldsmith D. Thrombotic micro-angiopathy with sirolimus-based immunosuppression: potentation of calcineurin-...

We describe the epidemiology, clinical features, and molecular characterization of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) infections caused by the singular hybrid pathotype O80:H2, and we examine the influence of antibiotics on Shiga toxin production. In France, during 2005-2014, a total of 54 patients were infected with EHEC O80:H2; 91% had hemolytic uremic syndrome. Two patients had invasi...

Russell’s viper and hump-nosed are deadly venomous Viperidae snakes in Sri Lanka. Both these vipers widely distributed all climatic zones of the island. causes systemic envenoming such as coagulopathy, neuroparalysis acute kidney injury (AKI) whilst frequently local rarely AKI coagulopathy. These two may cause atypical syndromes like thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) hemolytic uremic syndrome (H...