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Hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by verotoxin-producingEscherichia coli O26

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Verotoxin-producingEscherichia coli (VTEC) are nowadays among the most important emerging group of food-borne pathogens (VTEC strains cause gastroenteritis that can be complicated by the hemorrhagic colitis or hemolytic uremic syndrome, HUS).Escherichia coli O26 producing verotoxin 2 was isolated and its identity confirmed by examination of phenotype and genotype; the strain was first described in Slovakia in association with the development of HUS in a 4-year-old girl.

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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology, P.J. Šafárik University, Medical Faculty, 040 01, Košice, Slovakia

    A. Liptáková, L. Siegfried, M. Kmetova & E. Birosová

  2. Department of Medical Microbiology, Comenius University. Medical Faculty, Bratislava, Slovakia

    D. Kotulová

  3. Department of Clinical Microbiology and Epidemiology, Unit. Hospital, Žilina, Slovakia

    A. Bencátová & M. Kosecká

  4. Hospital for Sick Children, Commenius University, Jessenius Medical Faculty, Martin, Slovakia

    P. Bánovčin

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This study was supported by grant 8/2002/IGMI of theFaculty of Medicine, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice (Slovakia).

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Liptáková, A., Siegfried, L., Kmetova, M. et al. Hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by verotoxin-producingEscherichia coli O26. Folia Microbiol 50, 95–98 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02931454

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