Clinical and Laboratory Predictors of Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli Infection in Children With Bloody Diarrhea | Zendy

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Clinical and Laboratory Predictors of Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli Infection in Children With Bloody Diarrhea

Author(s) -

Ryan McKee,

Phillip I. Tarr,

Dennis J. Dietzen,

Rachit Chawla,

David Schnadower

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2048-7207

pISSN - 2048-7193

DOI - 10.1093/jpids/piy025

Subject(s) - medicine , bloody diarrhea , diarrhea , shiga toxin , escherichia coli , microbiology and biotechnology , bloody , toxin , feces , virology , surgery , biology , biochemistry , gene

Children with acute bloody diarrhea are at risk of being infected with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and of progression to hemolytic uremic syndrome. Our objective was to identify clinical and laboratory factors associated with STEC infection in children who present with acute bloody diarrhea.

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