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Post by spruleson Aug 08, 2013 9:34am

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BNC Ecoli damage fix 500k each

https://metronews.ca/news/ottawa/760014/life-changing-drug-may-be-denied-to-patients-on-500000-cost/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eculizumab
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eculizumab

STEC-HUS[edit source | edit]

There are case reports of eculizumab being used to treat Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli hemolytic-uremic syndrome (STEC-HUS),[30] such as occurred during the May 2011 outbreak of enteroaggretative E. coli infections in Germany (the STEC-HUS commonly seen in North America is of the enterohemorrhagic type). Eculizumab was given to block complement activation, which plays a role in the pathogenesis of both STEC-HUS and aHUS. Specifically, Shiga-toxin has been shown to trigger uncontrolled complement activity through direct activation of the alternative complement pathway[31][32] as well as by binding to and inactivating the regulatory protein complement factor H.[33]