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Sorbitol-fermenting Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 in Austria.
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift - 1 Jan 2009
Orth Dorothea, Grif Katharina, Zimmerhackl Lothar Bernd, Würzner Reinhard
Abstract excerpt
Infections with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) are the major cause of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), the most common cause of acute renal failure in childhood. Shiga toxins are considered to be the most important virulence factor of EHEC strains. Non-sorbitol-fermenting EHEC O157:H7 is still the most prevalent serotype isolated worldwide; however, sorbitol-fermenting (SF) EHEC O157:H- (H- indicates...
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