… In this review and in our own papers and practice, we describe the toxins produced by … as
Shiga toxins (Stxs). This term is synonymous with verocytotoxins (VT), named for the toxic effect …

… than two decades that some strains were identified to produce the toxins: Shiga toxins or
verocytotoxins. These toxins are responsible for lethal bloody diarrhea (haemolytic colitis and …

… coli 0157:H7 is the production of Shiga toxins (Stx, also termed Verocytotoxins) [3,4]. Unlike
most coliforms in human feces, E. coli 0157:H7 does not ferment sorbitol after overnight …

… toxins that are biologically, structurally and antigenically related to a cytotoxin (Shiga toxin)
(ShT… of related, but not necessarily identical toxins have been referred to as Vero cell toxins or …

… -producing Escherichia coli (STEC), alternatively known as verocytotoxin-… Shiga toxins (Stx
or verocytotoxin) 1 and 2, which are two sequentially and antigenetically distinct toxin groups …

… Shiga toxin produced by strains of Shlgells dysenterlse type 1 and Vero cytotoxins (Shiga-like
toxins) produced by strains of Bscherlchls coli belong to a family of related toxins. Two …

… coli is immunologically related to Shiga toxin, as far as the nomenclature of the toxin is
concerned, Verocytotoxin (or Verotoxin)(Konowalchuk et al., 1977) has priority. SLT-I (VT1) was …

… single protein molecule, Shiga toxin (17, 46). It has been shown that … toxins share the same
biological properties as Shiga toxin. The toxicities of the purified Shiga toxin and Vero toxins …

… called Shiga-toxins (Stx 1 and Stx 2 ) or verocytotoxins (VT1 and VT2) [1]. In addition to
toxin … Production of Shiga toxins (verocytotoxins) by PCR-positive isolates was confirmed by …

Shiga toxin (Stx)-mediated injury to vascular endothelial cells in the kidneys, brain and
other organs underlies the pathogenesis of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) caused by …