Shiga toxins

CJ Silva, DL Brandon, CB Skinner, X He - Cham: Springer International …, 2017 - Springer
Shiga toxin (Stx) constitutes the major virulence factor associated with Shiga toxin-producing
Escherichia coli (STEC). The first reported STEC outbreak occurred in a quick service …

Phylogeny of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 Isolated from Cattle and Clinically Ill Humans

JL Bono, TPL Smith, JE Keen… - Molecular biology …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Cattle are a major reservoir for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 (STEC O157)
and harbor multiple genetic subtypes that do not all associate with human disease. STEC …

[HTML][HTML] Differences in Shiga toxin and phage production among stx2g-positive STEC strains

CV Granobles Velandia, A Krüger… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are characterized by the production of Shiga
toxins (Stx) encoded by temperate bacteriophages. Stx production is linked to the induction …

Shiga Toxin‐Producing Escherichia coli

N Gonzalez‐Escalona, J Meng… - Food Microbiology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter summarizes the latest information available for Shiga toxin‐producing
Escherichia coli (STEC). STEC was first recognized as a human pathogen in 1982, when E …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and pathogenomic analysis of an Escherichia coli strain producing a novel Shiga toxin 2 subtype

X Bai, S Fu, J Zhang, R Fan, Y Xu, H Sun, X He, J Xu… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Shiga toxin (Stx) is the key virulent factor in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC).
To date, three Stx1 subtypes and seven Stx2 subtypes have been described in E. coli, which …

Use of comparative genomics as a tool to assess the clinical and public health significance of emerging Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotypes

MA Karmali - Meat science, 2005 - Elsevier
Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) cause sporadic or epidemic food-or
water-borne illness whose clinical spectrum includes diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, and the …

New Therapeutic Developments against Shiga Toxin‐Producing Escherichia coli

AR Melton‐Celsa, AD O'Brien - … Escherichia coli and Other …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Shiga toxin (Stx)‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) colonizes the intestine and
causes hemorrhagic colitis. STEC encodes a variety of colonization factors, but a significant …

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

BEC Guth, V Prado, M Rivas - … coli in Latin America, AG Torres …, 2010 - books.google.com
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) can produce a wide spectrum of human
diseases, being an important cause of both outbreaks and sporadic cases of bloody and non …

Virulence gene profiles and population genetic analysis for exploration of pathogenic serogroups of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

N Kobayashi, K Lee, A Yamazaki, S Saito… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Infection with Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a serious
public health concern, causing severe diarrhea and hemolytic-uremic syndrome. Patient …

An environmental Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O145 clonal population exhibits high-level phenotypic variation that includes virulence traits

MQ Carter, B Quinones, X He, W Zhong… - Applied and …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serotype O145 is one of the major non-O157
serotypes associated with severe human disease. Here we examined the genetic diversity …