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 …

Infections by intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (E. coli) are among those causing a high
mortality and morbidity due to diarrheal disease and post infection sequelae worldwide …

Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains emerged in the late 1970s or early
1980s as highly significant zoonotic threats to public health. In 1982, two outbreaks of …

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 …

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 …

Abstract In Greece, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) have only been
sporadically reported. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of STEC …

During the past 10 years Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) has emerged as
one of the most important causes of food-borne infections in industrialized countries. In …

Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) can cause devastating illness, particularly in children,
by causing hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) leading to kidney failure. Outbreaks of illness …

We characterized 97 non-O157 Shiga toxin (stx)–producing Escherichia coli strains isolated
from human patients during 2000–2009 from the national reference laboratory in …

We investigated different types of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) not
belonging to serogroup O157 for their role as human pathogens. Non-O157 STEC isolated …