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Role and clinical course of verotoxigenic Escherichia coli infections in childhood acute diarrhoea in Argentina.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Mar 2010
Rivero Mariana Alejandra, Passucci Juan Antonio, Rodriguez Edgardo Mario, Parma Alberto Ernesto
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate the role and clinical course of verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) infections in children with acute diarrhoea from Argentina, the country with the highest worldwide incidence of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS). To accomplish this objective, 437 samples from children up to 6 years old with acute diarrhoea were collected and processed. More than 60 % of the children...
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