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COMBINED PLASMAPHERESIS AND HEMODIALYSIS TREATMENT FOR SEVERE HEMOLYTIC‐UREMIC SYNDROME FOLLOWING CAMPYLOBACTER COLITIS
Author(s) -
DENNEBERG T.,
FRIEDBERG M.,
HOLMBERG L.,
MATHIASEN C.,
NILSSON K. O.,
TAKOLANDER R.,
WALDER M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1982.tb09408.x
Subject(s) - medicine , plasmapheresis , hemodialysis , colitis , campylobacter , intensive care medicine , gastroenterology , immunology , bacteria , antibody , biology , genetics
. A case of severe hemolytic‐uremic syndrome (HUS) with long lasting anuria in a 7 month old patient is described. The patient failed to improve until treated with combined plasmapheresis and hemodialysis. Declining titres against Campylobacter jejuni/coli suggest that this was the causal agent. We feel that plasmapheresis should be tried in severe HUS with prolonged anuria, which has a poor prognosis with conventional treatment.