Enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli and hemolytic-uremic syndrome in Argentina;Escherichia coli enterohemorrágica y síndrome urémico hemolítico en Argentina

Medicina

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 352-356

  Rivero, Mariana A ^a   Padola, Nora L ^a   Etcheverría, Analía I ^a   Parma, Alberto E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cattle; Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC); Hemolytic uremic syndrome

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CHILD CARE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEAT; MICROANGIOPATHY; MILK; SEROTYPE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ARGENTINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS;

EID: 14944385183     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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