title: [Successful treatment of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O111-induced hemolytic-uremic syndrome and acute encephalopathy].
abstract: We report a case of a woman in her twenties with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O111-induced hemolytic-uremic syndrome who developed acute encephalopathy on day 5 of admission. She recovered after treatment with steroid pulse therapy, plasmapheresis, and recombinant thrombomodulin, without any adverse sequelae. We report this interesting case and provide a summary of the recent outbreak of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O111.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Toyama City Hospital.
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minouchi
authors.forename: Shou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hinoue
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D054324:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D055815:Young Adult