Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Nikoleta Printza & Emmanouel Roilides & Maria Kotsiou & Dimitrios Zafeiriou & Venizelos Hatzidimitriou & Fotios Papachristou
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Sirs, Influenza A virus-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) has been very rarely recognized in children and only five patients have been reported [1]. Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 has been associated with nonpulmonary acute organ dysfunction of multiple organs; however, H1N1- associated HUS has not been reported [2]. Since both H1N1 and Streptococcus pneumoniae share neuraminidase activity and S. pneumoniae has been related to HUS, H1N1 could induce HUS via the same pathway [3]. It has also been recognized that neuraminidase of influenza virus may cause erythrocyte fusion and hemolysis [4].
Pediatr Nephrol (2011) 26:143–144 DOI 10.1007/s00467-010-1603-1 Received: 28 April 2010 / Revised: 13 June 2010 / Accepted: 17 June 2010 / Published online: 14 July 2010
