title: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with Shiga toxins.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tupper Research Institute, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Keusch
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Acheson
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000145:classification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000502:physiology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000503:physiopathology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000503:physiopathology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000503:physiopathology; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000473:pathology; D011697:Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / Q000276:immunology*; D022603:Shiga Toxins; D012762:Shigella dysenteriae / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D016207:Cytokines; D003603:Cytotoxins; D022603:Shiga Toxins