Gastrointestinal pathogens in anti-FH antibody positive and negative Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.

CONCLUSION: This study reveals a higher prevalence of GI pathogens in anti-FH positive than in negative patients. No single pathogen was implicated exclusively in one form of HUS. These pathogens may play a role in the disease initiation by inducing complement activation or an autoimmune response. PMID: 29795200 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Pediatric Research - May 23, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Togarsimalemath SK, Si-Mohammed A, Puraswani M, Gupta A, Vabret A, Liguori S, Mariani-Kurkdjian P, Bagga A, Dragon-Durey MA Tags: Pediatr Res Source Type: research