Red blood cell-derived arginase release in hemolytic uremic syndrome

Table 2 Characteristics of the first hemolytic uremic syndrome cohort (Lund)

Patient	Sex	Age yrs	Bloody diarrhea	Dialysis	E. coli serotype	Toxin	Hb^a g/L	Plt^a × 10⁹/L	LDH^b µkat/L
1 ^c	M	3	+	+	O157	Stx2	72	44	10
2 ^c	M	1	−	−	O26	Stx2	58	27	87
3 ^c	M	7	−	+	O157	Stx2	56	18	135
4 ^d	F	1	+	+	NT	Stx2	63	56	97
5 ^e	M	1	+	+	O153	Stx2	60	49	40
6	M	14	+	−	O157	Stx2	79	24	25
7	M	2	+	−	ND	Stx2	60	46	23
8	M	3 mo	+	−	ND	Stx2	60	13	36
9 ^c	M	1	+	−	O145	Stx2	63	31	65
10 ^d	F	3	+	+	O157	Stx2	77	42	145
11 ^d	F	2	+	+	O145	Stx2	92	35	−
12 ^d	M	1	+	−	O157	Stx2	90	16	76
13 ^c	M	10	−	+	O157	Stx2	49	35	65
14 ^f	F	1	−	-	ND	ND	73	94	16
15 ^c	F	2	−	−	O157	Stx2	43	10	111
16 ^e	F	6	+	+	Non-O157	Stx2	60	10	79
17 ^e	M	6	+	+	O157	Stx1, Stx2	65	20	44
18 ^c	M	10	+	+	O145	Stx2	41	30	102
19	M	9	+	+	ND	Stx2	75	14	41
20	M	1	+	+	ND	Stx2	69	9	30
21	F	1	+	+	ND	Stx1, Stx2	74	15	52
22	F	3	+	−	ND	Stx2	79	78	12
23	M	4	+	+	ND	Stx2	70	34	28
24	M	4	+	+	ND	Stx1, Stx2	67	28	32

M male, F female, Hb hemoglobin, LDH lactate dehydrogenase activity, ND not determined, NT non-typeable, Plt Platelet count, Stx Shiga toxin
^a Lowest during the acute disease phase
^b Highest during the acute disease phase
^c This patient was previously described (17)
^d This patient was previously described (16)
^e This patient was previously described (18)
^f This patient had negative EHEC test results in stool; two household members had positive polymerase chain reaction test result for stx

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