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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-1-5
pubmed:abstractText
Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is an underrecognized condition that mainly occurs in young children. Early diagnosis is important because of the potential to improve morbidity and mortality rates. The purposes of this report are to review the clinical and laboratory features of 14 patients with pneumococcal HUS and present a modified classification to capture cases that may not have been documented with a diagnosis of pneumococcal HUS. We thereby provide a rationale for including patients with concurrent disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and/or those whose culture results were negative, and we highlight the emergence of serotype 19A subsequent to the introduction of 7-valent pneumococcal protein conjugate vaccine (Prevnar). This is the largest series of such subjects (to our knowledge) from a single center. Sixty-four percent of the patients recovered without any long-term sequelae. Three patients developed chronic kidney disease, 1 developed end-stage renal failure, and 1 died in the acute phase. The greatest risk factor for the development of chronic kidney disease is the need for acute dialysis for >20 days, and death in the acute phase is rare unless meningitis is the primary infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1098-4275
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
125
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
e174-82
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Biopsy, Needle, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Child, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Early Diagnosis, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Empyema, Pleural, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Hospitals, Pediatric, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Philadelphia, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Pneumococcal Infections, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Registries, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Renal Dialysis, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Risk Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Serotyping, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Severity of Illness Index, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Streptococcus pneumoniae, pubmed-meshheading:20026500-Survival Rate
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Streptococcus pneumoniae--associated hemolytic uremic syndrome: classification and the emergence of serotype 19A.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. copelovitch@email.chop.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article