Prevalence of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in diarrheal patients in Faisalabad region of Pakistan as determined by multiplex PCR

• Hoofdauteur: Mashkoor Mohsin,1 Arshad Hussain,2 Muhammad Asghar Butt,2 Saira Bashir,1 Ayesha Tariq,1 Shoaib Babar,2 Aamir Ali,1 Asma Haque,1 Yasra Sarwar,1 and Abdul Haque1 (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Strains of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) have been associated with outbreaks of diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in humans around the world. In this study we investigated the prevalence of STEC in hospitalized diarrhea patients (children)...