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Isolated abducens nerve palsy treated by immunoadsorption in a patient with diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) that causes a prodromal hemorrhagic enteritis is the main cause of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) particularly in pediatric patients. It is characterized by acute kidney injury with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia. The kidney and brain...

Excretion product of shigella dysenteriae (sdyep) induced cell death in early larval stage of zebrafish (danio rerio): acridine orange and ethidium bromide (AO/EB) in vivo staining

Int. j. morphol; 32 (1), 2014
In the field of studies of acute toxicity induced by bacterial agents, Shiga toxins have been relevant due to the severity of the extra-intestinal diseases they cause. Numerous studies have shown that Shiga toxin induced apoptosis in different cell types; however, this important process has been little s...