Association between hemolytic uremic syndrome and verotoxin-producing strains of E. coli

Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Jure, María Ángela ^a,b   De Saab, Olga A ^a   De Castillo, Marta C ^a   Sesma, Fernando ^b   Miceli, Susana ^c   Zamora, Ana María ^c   De Ruiz Holgado, Aída P ^a,b   De Nader, Olga M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO DE REFERENCIA PARA LACTOBACILOS CERELA CONICET   (Argentina)

^c Hospital del Nino Jesus Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN; VEROTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FIMBRIA; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; VERO CELL;

ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032470771     PISSN: 01874640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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