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Identification of a clone of Escherichia coli O103:H2 as a potential agent of hemolytic-uremic syndrome in France
1 Feb 1993
Abstract excerpt
In a French multicenter study, six verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli strains were isolated from the stools of 6 of 69 children suffering from hemolytic-uremic syndrome. All strains belonged to serotype O103:H2, a serotype commonly associated with diarrhea in weaned rabbits in France. To determine whether the strains from humans and rabbits were genetically related, they were compared by analyzing their...
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