Table 1.

Characteristics of the patients in the order of HUS diagnosis

Patient #	Age, years	Sex	Contamination	Lowest platelet count, 1000/mm3	Lowest Hb level, g/dL	Highest LDH IU/L ULN: 248 IU/L	Highest creatinine, µmol/L	Neuro	Heart troponin (× N)	Liver transaminases (×N)	Pancreas lipase (×N)	Other
W1	41	Female	Collective	14	6.6	2451	HD		67	3
W2	64	Female	Collective	14	6.8	2568	HD	a	23	2	4	Lung
W3	49	Female	Collective	23	5.0	1520	150			10	7
W4	31	Female	Collective	26	6.1	1981	366	b	8	2	3
M1	34	Male	Collective	24	6.3	1611	255	c		4		Skin
W5	46	Female	Collective	92	6.2	613	68			12
M2	41	Male	Collective	86	10.7	607	152			2
W6	4	Female	Household	93	9.7	533	48			2
W7	36	Female	Household	86	8.5	510	69			1.5

Enzyme serum levels are presented as × times the upper limit of normal (ULN).

Neurological signs: a: encephalitis, coma, seizures; b: psychiatric, binocular diplopia, pyramidal syndrome; c: static and kinetic cerebellar syndrome.

Hb, haemoglobin; HD, haemodialysis.