Indications directory

(Morbus Moschcowitz)

(Non-immunologic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, sometimes diarrhea, fever, kidney insufficiency, hypertension)

Basic evaluations:

Creatinine, urea, full blood count (fragmentocytes), haptoglobin, LDH, reticulocytes, protein excretion in the 24-hour urine, urine protein-SDS-electrophoresis, blood cultures

Stool culture:

EHEC- or VTEC-verotoxin-producing E. coli (i.e. O157:H7)

Infection serology:

HIV, hanta virus and others

For differential diagnostic evaluation:

Coagulation, coombs test, C3, C4, C3-nephritis factor

Please also refer to section: Hemolytic-uremic syndrome