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Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli Infections Associated with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Italy, 1988–2000

The mean annual incidence of hemolytic uremic syndrome in persons <15 years of age in Italy from 1988 to 2000 was 0.28 per 100,000 population. Laboratory investigations showed that Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection occurred in 73.1% of patients. STEC O157 was the most common...

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Autores principales: Tozzi, Alberto E., Caprioli, Alfredo, Minelli, Fabio, Gianviti, Alessandra, De Petris, Laura, Edefonti, Alberto, Montini, Giovanni, Ferretti, Alfonso, De Palo, Tommaso, Gaido, Maurizio, Rizzoni, Gianfranco
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12533290
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0901.020266