Immune Response to Verotoxin 1 and 2 in Children with Escherichia Coli O157:H7 Hemorrhagic Colitis and Classic Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

François Proulx; Jean P Turgeon; Gilles Delage; Hermy Lior; Lucette Lafleur; Luc Chicoine

doi:10.1155/1995/825478

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1995)

Immune Response to Verotoxin 1 and 2 in Children with Escherichia Coli O157:H7 Hemorrhagic Colitis and Classic Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

François Proulx,
Jean P Turgeon,
Gilles Delage,
Hermy Lior,
Lucette Lafleur,
Luc Chicoine

Affiliations

François Proulx: Departments of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology, Hôpital Sainte–Justine, Université de Montréal, Canada
Jean P Turgeon: Departments of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology, Hôpital Sainte–Justine, Université de Montréal, Canada
Gilles Delage: Departments of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology, Hôpital Sainte–Justine, Université de Montréal, Canada
Hermy Lior: National Centre for Enteric Bacteriology, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lucette Lafleur: Departments of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology, Hôpital Sainte–Justine, Université de Montréal, Canada
Luc Chicoine: Departments of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology, Hôpital Sainte–Justine, Université de Montréal, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1995/825478
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 136 – 140

Abstract

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Objectives: To compare neutralizing antibody titres against verotoxin (vt)-1 and vt-2 between children with uncomplicated hemorrhagic colitis (hc) and those with classic hemolytic uremic syndrome (hus). vt antibody titres were also compared in children with hc who received trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole with those who did not.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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