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Evidence of STEC infection in 20 HUS patients
| Diagnostic assay (no. of cases examined) | No. of positive HUS cases
|
All (%) (n = 20) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| With diarrhea (n = 17) | Without diarrhea (n = 3) | ||
| STEC isolation (20) | 2 | 1 | 3 (15) |
| Fecal Shiga toxins (20) | 4 | 2 | 6 (30) |
| LPS antibodies (18) | 8 | 1 | 9 (50) |
| Shiga toxins on PMN (20) | 11 | 2 | 13 (65) |
| Any evidence (20) | 15 | 3 | 18 (90) |
