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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Auteurs principaux: Bielaszewska, Martina, Köck, Robin, Friedrich, Alexander W., von Eiff, Christof, Zimmerhackl, Lothar B., Karch, Helge, Mellmann, Alexander
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Public Library of Science 2007
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1995754/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17925872
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001024
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