Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli -Associated Kidney Failure in a 40-Year-Old Patient and Late Diagnosis by Novel Bacteriologic and Toxin Detection Methods
- 1 July 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 41 (7) , 3438-40
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.41.7.3438-3440.2003
Abstract
Infection with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is the most common cause of kidney failure in children. High morbidity is also associated with infections in the elderly. We describe STEC-associated kidney failure in a 40-year-old patient, including the methods used to identify STEC a month after disease onset.Keywords
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