Presence of microvescicles carried shiga toxin type 2 in patients with post-diarrheal Hemolytic uremis syndrome

GOMEZ, FERNANDO DANIEL; PORPORATO, MELINA; IBARRA, CRISTINA; SACERDOTI, FLAVIA; AMARAL, MARIA MARTA

Mar del Plata

Congreso; Reunión Anual SAIC - SAFE - SAB - SAP; 2019

Abstract/Resumen: Shiga toxin (Stx) producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is responsible for bloody diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS mainly affects children under 5 years old and it is characterized by kidney and brain damage caused by Stx. So far, there is no a clinical marker for establish an early diagnosis of this pathology. Microvesicles (MVs) are small (