IFIBIO HOUSSAY 25014
INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGIA Y BIOFISICA BERNARDO HOUSSAY
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Presence of microvesicles carried Shiga toxin type 2 in patients with post-diarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Autor/es:
GOMEZ FERNANDO; FLAVIA SACERDOTI; PORPORATO MELINA; AMARAL MARÍA M; IBARRA CRISTINA
Lugar:
Mar del Plata
Reunión:
Congreso; LXIV Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Argentina de Investigación Clínica.; 2019
Institución organizadora:
Sociedad Argentina de Investigación Clínica
Resumen:
Shiga toxin (Stx) producing Escherichiacoli (STEC) is responsible for bloody diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitisand hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS mainly affectschildren under 5 years old and it is characterized by kidney andbrain damage caused by Stx. So far, there is no a clinical markerfor establish an early diagnosis of this pathology. Microvesicles(MVs) are small (
