Humoral immune response to Shiga Toxin 2 (Stx2) among Brazilian urban children with hemolytic uremic syndrome and healthy controls

BACKGROUND: Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection is associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), the main cause of acute renal failure in early childhood. Stx is essential in the pathogenesis of HUS, which has been mostly related to Stx2-producing isolates. Very limited...

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Autores principales: Guirro, Mirian, Piazza, Roxane Maria Fontes, de Souza, Renato Lopes, Guth, Beatriz Ernestina Cabilio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4060089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24919599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-320

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4060089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24919599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-320

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