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Therapeutic plasma exchange in Streptococcus pneumoniae ‐associated hemolytic uremic syndrome: A case report
Author(s) -
Petras Melissa L.,
Dunbar Nancy M.,
Filiano James J.,
Braga Matthew S.,
Chobanian Michael C.,
Szczepiorkowski Zbigniew M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical apheresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.697
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1098-1101
pISSN - 0733-2459
DOI - 10.1002/jca.21208
Subject(s) - medicine , microangiopathic hemolytic anemia , therapeutic plasma exchange , hemolytic anemia , atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome , thrombotic microangiopathy , streptococcus pneumoniae , incidence (geometry) , thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura , klebsiella pneumoniae , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , antibody , complement system , disease , platelet , physics , optics , biology , biochemistry , chemistry , escherichia coli , gene
Streptococcus pneumoniae ‐associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (pHUS) is an atypical form of HUS associated with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure. Although less common than diarrhea‐associated HUS, incidence appears to be increasing. We report a case of a child with pHUS who underwent a course of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) and had complete recovery. This report adds to the existing literature supporting TPE in cases of pHUS. J. Clin. Apheresis, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.