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Subtyping of STEC by MLVA in Argentina.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2012
Bustamante Ana V, Sanso Andrea M, Parma Alberto E, Lucchesi Paula M A
Abstract excerpt
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) causes serious human illness such as hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Argentina has the world's highest rate of this syndrome, which is the leading cause of acute renal failure among children. E. coli O157:H7 is the most common cause of HUS, but a substantial and growing proportion of this illness is caused by infection due to non-O157 strains. Multiple-locus...
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