Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Caused by Enteroviral Infection

• Main Authors: Ming-Dar Lee (Author), Chin-Yuan Tzen (Author), Chun-Chen Lin (Author), Fu-Yuan Huang (Author), Hsi-Che Liu (Author), Jeng-Daw Tsai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A 4-year-old boy presented with enteroviral infection complicated with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS). Enterovirus RNA was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) of both blood and kidney biopsy specimens. A survey of the complement system did not reveal a spe...