Shiga Toxin-Mediated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: Time to Change the Diagnostic Paradigm?

BACKGROUND: Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is caused by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) which possess genes encoding Shiga toxin (stx), the major virulence factor, and adhesin intimin (eae). However, the frequency of stx-negative/eae-positive E. coli in stools of HUS patients and the clin...

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Autores principales: Bielaszewska, Martina, Köck, Robin, Friedrich, Alexander W., von Eiff, Christof, Zimmerhackl, Lothar B., Karch, Helge, Mellmann, Alexander
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1995754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17925872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001024

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1995754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17925872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001024

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