afibrinogenemia/diarrhea

A 52-year-old man with an end stage renal failure of undetermined aetiology was hemodialysed in 2002. He received a cadaveric kidney transplantation in 2004. After an episode of diarrhea, a thrombotic microangiopathy was diagnosed in July 2009 and during this episode, a low C3 serum level was

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is related to a renal thrombotic microangiopathy, inducing hypertension and acute renal failure (ARF). Its pathogenesis involves an activation/lesion of microvascular endothelial cells, mainly in the renal vasculature, secondary to bacterial toxins, drugs, or

A 34 year old male bitten by an adult Atheris squamiger snake developed symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea which were followed by drowsiness and impaired breathing. Local hemorrhage, edema and pain at the bite-site occurred, but no systemic bleeding or hemorrhagic diathesis developed. All

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a triad of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. HUS is classified as either diarrhea associated, most commonly caused by infection with Escherichia coli O157, or the less common atypical HUS (aHUS), which may be familial or