[A case report of Streptococcus pneumoniae-induced hemolytic uremic syndrome: appropriate transfusional management by T-antigen determination].

Pediatric hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a rare complication of infections usually caused by Escherichia coli; Streptococcus pneumoniae may be a causative agent in 5% of cases and is often more serious in terms of morbidity and mortality. We report a case of pediatric HUS following an infection by a serotype of S. pneumoniae not included in the vaccine administered to the child. Bacterial neuraminidase revealed a T-antigen and a Tk-antigen and red blood cells polyagglutinability in the laboratory test. Transfusion has been reoriented by an indication of secondary preparations: deplasmatisation of red blood cells and platelets and abstention of therapeutic plasma administration. HUS evolved favorably in a few days but the child retains consequences of meningitis cerebral anoxia.