Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli as causes of hemolytic uremic syndrome in the Czech Republic.

BACKGROUND: Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) cause diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+ HUS) worldwide, but no systematic study of EHEC as the causative agents of HUS was performed in the Czech Republic. We analyzed stools of all patients with D+ HUS in the Czech Republic betwe...

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Main Authors: Monika Marejková, Květa Bláhová, Jan Janda, Angelika Fruth, Petr Petráš
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3765202?pdf=render