Hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by verotoxin-producingEscherichia coli O26: Case report

Hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by verotoxin-producingEscherichia coli O26: Case report

Verotoxin-producingEscherichia coli (VTEC) are nowadays among the most important emerging group of food-borne pathogens (VTEC strains cause gastroenteritis that can be complicated by the hemorrhagic colitis or hemolytic uremic syndrome, HUS).Escherichia coli O26 producing verotoxin 2 was isolated an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Folia microbiologica 2005-03, Vol.50 (2), p.95-98
Hauptverfasser: Liptáková, A., Siegfried, L., Kmetova, M., Birosová, E., Kotulová, D., Bencátová, A., Kosecká, M., Bánovčin, P.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Verotoxin-producingEscherichia coli (VTEC) are nowadays among the most important emerging group of food-borne pathogens (VTEC strains cause gastroenteritis that can be complicated by the hemorrhagic colitis or hemolytic uremic syndrome, HUS).Escherichia coli O26 producing verotoxin 2 was isolated and its identity confirmed by examination of phenotype and genotype; the strain was first described in Slovakia in association with the development of HUS in a 4-year-old girl.
ISSN:0015-5632
1874-9356
DOI:10.1007/BF02931454