Serum Shiga toxin 2 values in patients during acute phase of diarrhoea‐associated haemolytic uraemic syndrome

Abstract

An absent or rather low concentration of Stx2 was found in the serum of children admitted to the clinic with diarrhoea-associated HUS. The high concentration of Stx2 in family members without HUS, but mostly with watery diarrhoea and raised functional activity, was in line with the concept of early injury by Stx2.