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Table 3 Serology of STEC-related HUS in children in Norway between 1999 and 2008

From: Incidence and etiology of hemolytic-uremic syndrome in children in Norway, 1999–2008 – a retrospective study of hospital records to assess the sensitivity of surveillance

Case type – toxin type

Sporadic

Epidemic

Shiga-like toxin 1

Shiga-like toxin 2

Both shiga like-toxin 1 and 2

Serotype

O26: H11

1

   

1

O26: H?

1

  

1

 

O87: H?

1

    

O103: H25

0

9

 

5

 

O103: H?

2

    

O145: H25

1

    

O145: H?

1

    

O157: H7

2

  

2

 

O157: H?

3

  

2

 

Non-O103/O157

2

   

1

Total

14

9

0

10

2

  1. Distribution of serotype (O: cell wall antigen number, H: flagella antigen) and shiga-like toxin profile in sporadic and epidemic cases of shiga toxin producing E. coli-related hemolytic-uremic syndrome in children in Norway, 1999–2008 (N = 23).
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