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Intraserotype diversity among Argentinian verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli detected by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 May 2006
Krüger Alejandra, Padola Nora L, Parma Alberto E, Lucchesi Paula M A
Abstract excerpt
Most cases of diarrhoea-associated haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) are caused by verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC). Argentina has the highest worldwide incidence of HUS, but with a lower incidence of VTEC O157 : H7 serotype than non-Latin American countries. A large number of VTEC serotypes have been isolated from cattle and cattle-derived food products in Argentina. The aim of this work was to...
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