[Successful treatment of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O111-induced hemolytic-uremic syndrome and acute encephalopathy]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2015 Jul;112(7):1309-16. doi: 10.11405/nisshoshi.112.1309.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a case of a woman in her twenties with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O111-induced hemolytic-uremic syndrome who developed acute encephalopathy on day 5 of admission. She recovered after treatment with steroid pulse therapy, plasmapheresis, and recombinant thrombomodulin, without any adverse sequelae. We report this interesting case and provide a summary of the recent outbreak of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O111.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Brain Diseases / etiology*
  • Brain Diseases / therapy
  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / complications*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / therapy*
  • Female
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / etiology*
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Young Adult