Question 265 · LEK · Hemolytic uremic syndrome
Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome is:
- A. correlated with Streptococcus pneumoniae infection.
- B. induced by the deficiency of complement components.
- C. caused by the deficiency of protease that cleaves von Willebrand factor.
- D. preceded by diarrhea caused by enteropathogenic strains of E. coli.
- E. caused by calcineurin inhibitors.
Hint
Focus on the typical, diarrhea-associated form of HUS that dominates in children and on its classic prodrome.
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