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ArticleCureus2020

Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Associated With Clostridium Difficile Infection.

Qasim Khurshid, Anas Mahmoud, Maria Shahid, Alaa Mohamed, Amir Shahbaz

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 52% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Qasim KhurshidInternal Medicine, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, CHN.
Anas MahmoudInternal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Queens General Hospital, New York, USA.
Maria ShahidInternal Medicine, Chandka Medical College, Larkana, PAK.
Alaa MohamedInternal Medicine, Memorial Hermann Medical Center, Houston, USA.
Amir ShahbazInternal Medicine, Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, PAK.
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center · USMemorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center · USQueens Hospital Center · USShaikh Zayed Hospital · PKXinjiang Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), defines as non-Shiga toxin HUS, is thrombotic microangiopathy characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, consumptive thrombocytopenia, and renal impairment. aHUS is associated with high morbidity and mortality, necessitating the need for an early diagnosis to limit target organ damage. Mutations or autoantibodies against specific complement factors over-activate the complement system forming microthrombi. aHUS has the potential to cause multi-organ system dysfunction, but it predominantly affects the kidneys. aHUS is treated with eculizumab, a terminal blocker of the complement system. Clostridium difficile infection is a rare precipitant of aHUS. We present a case of aHUS associated with Clostridium difficile infection in a 60-year-old female patient that was successfully treated with eculizumab.

Indexed as

atypical hemolytic uremic syndromeeculizumab

Identifiers

PMID32775085
PMCPMC7402547
OpenAlexW3039630825

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Registered trials

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