Common Causes Of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Other Infections

Hemolytic uremic syndrome can develop following other infections besides those caused by the E. coli bacteria. The virus that causes influenza can induce hemolytic uremic syndrome as well as the human immunodeficiency virus that leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. An infection by herpesvirus 8, a virus commonly found in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients, can also induce hemolytic uremic syndrome. Infections caused by the colonization of the pneumococcal bacteria in the body have also been implicated in the development of hemolytic uremic syndrome in some individuals. The pneumococcal bacteria is what causes a patient to develop pneumonia, and hemolytic uremic syndrome is a rare complication of it. Approximately forty percent of all atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome cases are caused by the streptococcal pneumoniae bacteria. Around five percent of all cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome in children in the United States are the result of infections other than E. coli bacteria.

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