Cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli and the hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Recently, a new class of diarrhea-associated Escherichia coli has been linked to the hemolytic uremic syndrome. The organisms included in this group produce cell-damaging toxins (cytotoxins) related to Shigatoxin made by S. dysenteriae 1. The most common pathogen in this group is E. coli O157:H7.
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston.
D002648:Child; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans
D003603:Cytotoxins