Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in children with hemolytic uremic syndrome in the Czech Republic

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-44

  Bielaszewska, M ^a   Janda, J ^a   Blahova K ^a   Feber, J ^a   Potuznik V ^a   Souckova A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Childhood hemolytic uremic syndrome; Pediatric study; Verocytotoxin producing Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; VEROTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PASSIVE HEMAGGLUTINATION; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOTOXINS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I;

EID: 0029938066     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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