Publications by authors named "Julien Vanderhulst"

Summary: Familial renal glucosuria (FRG) is a rare renal tubular disorder characterized by increased urinary glucose excretion despite normoglycemia. It is most commonly caused by pathogenic variants in the solute carrier family V member 2 (SLC5A2) gene. This gene encodes the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2, crucial for glucose reabsorption.

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  • Nocardia is a common soil organism that can cause opportunistic infections, primarily affecting the lungs and skin, but rare cases can involve the testis.
  • The report details a 75-year-old immunocompromised man who developed epididymo-orchitis and necrotic abscesses after exposure to Nocardia brasiliensis, leading to complex treatment that included surgery and prolonged antibiotic therapy.
  • This case is notable as it is the first documented instance of Nocardia brasiliensis affecting multiple body sites (skin, testis, brain, and spinal cord), emphasizing the challenges in diagnosing atypical nocardiosis and highlighting the need for timely bacterial culture.
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Introduction: The occurrence of hyperkalemic renal tubular acidosis (RTA) in the post-transplantation period is likely underestimated, and its identification remains important to offer adequate medical management. Transplant recipients frequently present with clinical and biological characteristics that may be associated with the occurrence of this complication.

Methods: This was a single-center retrospective study that compared transplanted patients with hyperkalemic RTA and a control group to identify variables associated with the occurrence of this complication.

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Tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) is a rare and largely underdiagnosed paraneoplastic condition. Previous reviews often reported incomplete data on clinical aspects, diagnosis or prognosis. The aim of this study was to present a systematic clinical review of all published cases of TIO.

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Background And Objectives: SARS-CoV-2-induced ARDS is a new entity that should be characterized as it appears to be different from standard ARDS. Hypernatremia is a biological alteration that seems to occur very often in this population without any clear cause. The present study aims to clarify the possible causes of hypernatremia and evaluate its impact on patient outcome.

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BACKGROUND Antithyroid drugs, namely methimazole, are well-known causes of drug-induced lupus erythematosus. This is, however, an infrequent adverse effect. Selective Immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency, in contrast, is the most common primary immunodeficiency.

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Objective: To describe the outcomes of sickle-cell disease in pregnancy according to the different treatments adopted before and during pregnancy and to propose a systematic approach to treat sickle-cell disease (SCD) during pregnancy.

Methods: A retrospective descriptive study compared pregnancy outcomes among women with SCD who stopped hydroxyurea (HU) once pregnant (Group 1), were never treated before and during pregnancy (Group 2) or were treated by HU before conception who received prophylactic transfusion during pregnancy (Group 3). For each group we recorded the population's characteristics and the transfusion-related, obstetrical, perinatal and SCD complications.

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Toxic epidermal necrolysis represents an immunologic reaction to a foreign antigen and is most often caused by drugs. Atorvastatin, a blood cholesterol-lowering agent, is a recognized cause of rhabdomyolysis; while naproxen, a widely used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, is a known cause of photo-induced skin lesions. We report the first fatal case of drug-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis associated with severe muscle necrosis due to the use of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug and a statin with very high levels of creatine phosphokinase leading to acute kidney injury, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and complete skin necrosis leading to death.

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