Epidemiology of Argentinean Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli

Rivas, Marta; Chinen, Isabel; Miliwebsky, Elizabeth; Galli, Lucía; Repetto, Horacio A.; Masana, Marcelo

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Fecha

2011

Registro en:

Rivas, Marta; Chinen, Isabel; Miliwebsky, Elizabeth; Galli, Lucía; Repetto, Horacio A.; et al.; Epidemiology of Argentinean Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli; American Society for Microbiology; 2011; 109-132

978-1-55581-535-6

http://hdl.handle.net/11336/129937

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CONICET

https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/4384238

Autor

Rivas, Marta

Chinen, Isabel

Miliwebsky, Elizabeth

Galli, Lucía

Repetto, Horacio A.

Masana, Marcelo

Institución

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (Argentina)

Resumen

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is an important foodborne pathogen that can cause nonbloody diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS, a life-threatening complication that occurs in 5-10% of patients, is characterized by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and renal failure. ...

Materias

STEC

EPIDEMIOLOGY

ARGENTINEAN

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