First Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolate from a patient with hemolytic uremic syndrome, Brazil

Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 May;8(5):535-6. doi: 10.3201/eid0805.010419.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brazil
  • Child
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Escherichia coli / classification
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
  • Escherichia coli / pathogenicity*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / blood
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / blood
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Serotyping
  • Shiga Toxin / analysis
  • Shiga Toxin / biosynthesis
  • Shiga Toxin / metabolism*
  • Vero Cells

Substances

  • Shiga Toxin