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Distinct renal pathology and a chemotactic phenotype after enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli shiga toxins in non-human primate models of hemolytic uremic syndrome.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Apr 2013
Stearns-Kurosawa Deborah J, Oh Sun-Young, Cherla Rama P, Lee Moo-Seung, Tesh Vernon L, Papin James, Henderson Joel, Kurosawa Shinichiro
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli cause approximately 1.5 million infections globally with 176,000 cases occurring in the United States annually from ingesting contaminated food, most frequently E. coli O157:H7 in ground beef or fresh produce. In severe cases, the painful prodromal hemorrhagic colitis is complicated by potentially lethal hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), particularly in children. Bacterial...
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