Fecal diagnostics in combination with serology: best test to establish STEC-HUS

BACKGROUND: In the majority of pediatric patients, the hemolytic–uremic syndrome (HUS) is caused by an infection with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), mostly serotype O157. It is important to discriminate between HUS caused by STEC and complement-mediated HUS (atypical HUS) due to diff...

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Published in:Pediatr Nephrol
Main Authors: Wijnsma, Kioa L., van Bommel, Sheila A. M., van der Velden, Thea, Volokhina, Elena, Schreuder, Michiel F., van den Heuvel, Lambertus P., van de Kar, Nicole C. A. J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5039220/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27240858
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00467-016-3420-7
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