Clinical Course and the Role of Shiga Toxin–Producing<i>Escherichia coli</i>Infection in the Hemolytic‐Uremic Syndrome in Pediatric Patients, 1997–2000, in Germany and Austria: A Prospective Study

Gerber, Angela; Karch, Helge; Allerberger, Franz; M. Verweyen, Hege; Bernd Zimmerhackl, Lothar

doi:10.1086/341940

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Clinical Course and the Role of Shiga Toxin–ProducingEscherichia coliInfection in the Hemolytic‐Uremic Syndrome in Pediatric Patients, 1997–2000, in Germany and Austria: A Prospective Study

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Aug 15, 2002

Authors:

Angela Gerber

Helge Karch

Franz Allerberger

Abstract

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) is mainly associated with foodborne infections by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). From January 1997 through December 2000, 394 children with HUS were evaluated in a prospective multicenter surveillance study in Germany and Austria (incidences, 0.7/100,0...

Subject

Shiga toxin

Bloody diarrhea

Serotype

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