Since their initial recognition 20 years ago, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)
strains have emerged as an important cause of serious human gastrointestinal disease …

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) have been identified as a worldwide cause of
serious human gastrointestinal disease and the life-threatening hemolytic uremic syndrome …

In 1982, hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic-uremic syndrome were linked to infection with
Escherichia coli O157: H7, a serotype now classified as Shiga toxin–producing E. coli …

The objective of this review is to highlight the importance of cattle in human disease due to
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and to discuss features of STEC that are …

Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are an important cause of haemorrhagic
colitis and the diarrhoea‐associated form of the haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Of the …

Following infection with certain strains of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC),
particularly enterohemorrhagic ones, patients are at elevated risk for developing life …

In this study, 75 Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains originating from
foods (n= 73) and drinking water (n= 2) were analyzed for their stx genotype, as well as for …

Non-O157 strains of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are more common
causes of acute diarrhea than the better-known O157 strains and have the potential for large …

The appearance of highly pathogenic strains of Shiga toxin (Stx)-producingEscherichia. coli
(STEC) has owed largely to the acquisition of Stx-encoding prophages by strains of E. coli …

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is an enteric pathogen linked to outbreaks of
human gastroenteritis with diverse clinical spectra. In this review, we have examined the …