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Pneumococcal HUS in infancy masking DGKE-related thrombotic microangiopathy with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Oct 2026
Cevizli Derya, Leventoğlu Emre, Kırkaş Özlem Gül, Yılmaz İsa, Kocaoğlu Çelebi
Abstract excerpt
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in infancy may be difficult to classify because infection-associated HUS and genetic thrombotic microangiopathies (TMAs) can present with similar findings. We report a 7-month-old boy admitted with pneumonia, anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney injury. Radiologically confirmed pneumonia, elevated CRP levels, positive nasopharyngeal pneumococcal PCR testing initially...
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