Infection by verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli.

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Published in Clin Microbiol Rev on January 01, 1989

Authors

M A Karmali1

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1: Department of Bacteriology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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