Prolonged fecal shedding of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli among children attending day-care centers in Argentina Excreción prolongada de Escherichia coli productor de toxina Shiga en niños que concurren a jardines maternales de Argentina

In this report we describe the detection and duration of fecal shedding of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 and non-O157 in symptomatic and asymptomatic cases during four events occurred among children in day-care centers in Argentina. In each event, the cases were identified among...

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Main Authors: E. Miliwebsky, N. Deza, I. Chinen, E. Martínez Espinosa, D. Gómez, E. Pedroni, L. Caprile, A. Bashckier, E. Manfredi, G. Leotta, M. Rivas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2007-06-01
Series:Revista Argentina de Microbiología
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0325-75412007000200005