Hemolytic uremic syndrome: a case report from Africa.
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is not a rare disease. In the tropics with high incidence of diarrhea diseases and their subsequent complications HUS can easily be missed or overlooked. We present a case of HUS highlighting its multi systemic presentation and its management in a resource poor setting where a acute dialysis and plasma exchange are limited in availability and cost.
Mate-Kole
Michael
M
Department of Medicine, University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana, West Africa. Medicine@its.com.gh
Lartey
Margaret
M
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis; D000293:Adolescent; D000349:Africa; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011697:Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / Q000175:diagnosis