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SynthesisJournal of nephrology2018

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome after Escherichia coli urinary tract infection in humans: systematic review of the literature.

Dejan Lavrek, Sebastiano A G Lava, Gregorio P Milani, Giacomo D Simonetti, Mario G Bianchetti, Olivier Giannini

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Synthesis in Journal of nephrology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Dejan LavrekPediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Sebastiano A G LavaDepartment of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
Gregorio P MilaniPediatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico and Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Giacomo D SimonettiPediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Mario G BianchettiPediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland. mario.bianchetti@usi.ch.
Olivier GianniniDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Mendrisio, Switzerland.
Università della Svizzera italiana · CHEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale · CHOspedale San Giovanni Bellinzona · CHUniversity Children’s Hospital Bern · CHUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

Fondazione Ettore Balli NoneFondazione Ettore e Valeria Rossi NoneSchweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung None
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIntestinal infections caused by a shigatoxin-positive Escherichia coli (mostly of the serogroups O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, O145 and especially O157) are a common cause of hemolytic-uremic syndrome. Hemolytic-uremic syndrome was first linked with an E. coli urinary tract infection 40 years ago.

methodsWe conducted a systematic review of the literature addressing the association between E. coli urinary tract infection and hemolytic-uremic syndrome.

resultsFor the final analysis, we retained 23 original reports published since 1979. Five unselected pediatric case series addressed the possible occurrence of hemolytic-uremic syndrome after an acute symptomatic E. coli urinary tract infection among 266 cases and found the mentioned association in 8 (3.0%) cases. We also found 28 individual cases (17 females and 11 males) of hemolytic-uremic syndrome preceded by an E. coli urinary tract infection: 16 children aged from 2 days to 6.0 years and 12 adults aged from 22 to 75 years. Testing for shigatoxin, performed in 19 cases, was positive in 15 cases. E. coli serotyping was performed in 18 cases: testing for serotype O157, O103 and O145 was positive in one, one and two cases, respectively, while testing for serotype O26, O45, O111 and O121 was always negative.

conclusionsHemolytic-uremic syndrome rarely occurs after an acute E. coli urinary tract infection. It affects both children and adults and is mostly caused by germs that are shigatoxin-positive.

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AdultAgedChildChild, PreschoolEscherichia coli InfectionsFemaleHemolytic-Uremic SyndromeHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsShiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coliE. coliE. coli serotypingHemolytic-uremic syndromeShigatoxinUrinary tract infection

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