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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli as causes of hemolytic uremic syndrome in the Czech Republic.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Marejková Monika, Bláhová Květa, Janda Jan, Fruth Angelika, Petráš Petr
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) cause diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+ HUS) worldwide, but no systematic study of EHEC as the causative agents of HUS was performed in the Czech Republic. We analyzed stools of all patients with D+ HUS in the Czech Republic between 1998 and 2012 for evidence of EHEC infection. We determined virulence profiles, phenotypes, antimicrobial...
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