İLYAS ÖZTÜRK, SERDAL GÖK, HATİCE KÜBRA GÜN, ERTUĞRUL ERKEN, ORÇUN ALTUNÖREN, ÖZKAN GÜNGÖR
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi - 2023;18(1):209-211
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a serious disease characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure. If an appropriate diagnosis and treatment is not initiated, it can be fatal. Infectious agents are generally blamed in the etiology. Generally, infections due to microorganisms producing verocytotoxin (Shiga-like toxin) take an important place in etiology. Pathogens responsible for these infections were mostly reported as Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), Shigella dysanteria type 1, and less frequently as Citrobacter freundi. More rarely, HUS cases due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, HIV, Clostiridium difficile have been reported in the literature. This case is presented because of the detection of Salmonella Typhii, as a very rare factor in the etiology of HUS, which developed in a 28-year-old male patient.
