Hemolytic uremic syndrome following complicated appendicitis in a child: what is the missing link?
| Autor: | Wasfi Fillali, Laure Ponthier, Pauline Hangard, Alexis Belgacem, Hortense Miane, Quentin Ballouhey |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Male medicine.medical_specialty appendicitis Medicine (General) medicine.drug_class 030106 microbiology Antibiotics Case Reports Biochemistry Gastroenterology surgery 03 medical and health sciences R5-920 children Internal medicine Escherichia coli Medicine Humans Hemolytic uremic syndrome case report Child Escherichia coli Infections biology Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli business.industry Biochemistry (medical) Infant Shiga toxin Cell Biology General Medicine Complicated appendicitis medicine.disease Appendicitis Anti-Bacterial Agents 030104 developmental biology Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome biology.protein business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of International Medical Research, Vol 49 (2021) The Journal of International Medical Research |
| ISSN: | 1473-2300 |
| Popis: | We herein describe an 18-month-old boy who underwent initially successful surgical and antibiotic treatment of complicated appendicitis with postoperative occurrence of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). This complication was due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) found secondarily in rectal swabs but not in the peritoneal cavity. The literature indicates that a causal link may exist between these two entities, and HUS could be considered an iatrogenic complication of appendicitis management due to a multimodal stress effect in non-symptomatic STEC carriers. |
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