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ArticleGut pathogens2019

Shiga toxin producing

Oana Falup-Pecurariu, Raluca Ileana Lixandru, Emanuela Cojocaru, Katalin Csutak, Vlad Monescu, Khitam Muhsen, Cristian Falup-Pecurariu, Daniel Cohen

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Article in Gut pathogens, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Oana Falup-Pecurariu1Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University, Brașov, Romania.
Raluca Ileana LixandruDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Clinic Hospital, Brașov, Romania.
Emanuela CojocaruDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Clinic Hospital, Brașov, Romania.
Katalin CsutakDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Clinic Hospital, Brașov, Romania.
Vlad Monescu3Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Transilvania University, Brașov, Romania.
Khitam Muhsen4Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Cristian Falup-Pecurariu1Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University, Brașov, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-7394-7161
Daniel Cohen4Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest · ROTel Aviv University · ILTransylvania University of Brașov · RO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDiarrheagenic

methodsA prospective study was conducted between March and December 2016 among 722 children aged 1-30 months hospitalized with acute diarrhea. Stool samples obtained from patients with diarrhea were tested for the presence of Shiga toxin type 1 (STX1) and type 2 (STX2) by an immunochromatographic assay, and other enteropathogens. Demographic and clinical information on cases of HUS diagnosed in the same hospital was obtained from medical records.

resultsOverall 46/722 (6.4%) children (mean age 10.3 months, 32.6% females) hospitalized with diarrhea tested positive for STX1 or STX2; of these 79% were positive for both STX1 and STX2, 16% for STX2 only, and 5% for STX1 only. Bloody diarrhea, vomiting and fever were documented in 32.6%, 52.1% and 50.0%, respectively of patients with STEC infection. Eleven confirmed HUS cases (mean age 20 months, five females) were identified between 2014 and 2016 with prodromal diarrhea reported in 10 of them. Three of the 11 HUS patients required hemodialysis.

conclusionsSTEC prevalence among young children with diarrhea in Romania was high and the risk of HUS is emerging. The establishment of a systematic laboratory-based surveillance program including identification of the circulating STEC strains coupled with epidemiological investigation of HUS patients is warranted to determine the source and mode of transmission of STEC and prevent of STEC-associated diarrhea and HUS.

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ComplicationGastrointestinal infectionHemolytic uremic syndromeShiga toxin producing E. coli

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