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Rev Mex Pediatr 2021; 88 (1)

Hemolytic uremic syndrome and fulminant hepatic failure by Streptococcus pneumoniae

Castro-Gómez DA, Galeano-Rodríguez RS, Morales-Camacho WJ, Plata-Ortiz JE, Morales-Camacho MA

Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 18-21
PDF size: 273.41 Kb.


ABSTRACT

We present the case of a 23-month-old preschool with complicated pneumonia who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome associated with fulminant liver failure. The patient died five days after admission. The etiological agent was Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is very rare in this syndrome.


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