We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Campylobacter-Associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Associated with Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome.
- Authors
Bowen, Emily; Hangartner, Robert; Macdougall, Iain; Bowen, Emily Elizabeth
- Abstract
Common causes of pulmonary-renal syndrome include anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) disease anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) positive vasculitis, and systemic lupus erythematosus. We describe a case of life-threatening pulmonary hemorrhage associated with Campylobacter hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), which we believe is a new disease entity. We hypothesize that the cause of this pulmonary-renal syndrome was an immunological reaction to Campylobacter; and that the initiation of high-dose steroids was responsible for the rapid reversal of the patient's pulmonary and renal impairment. The aim of this article is to raise awareness of this unusual cause of a pulmonary-renal syndrome, guiding physicians to recognize it as a potential complication, and to consider high-dose steroids in managing the condition.
- Subjects
CAMPYLOBACTER jejuni; HEMOLYTIC-uremic syndrome; HEMORRHAGE; STEROIDS; HISTORY of medicine; POLYCYSTIC ovary syndrome
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2016, Vol 31, Issue 3, p353
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s11606-015-3403-6