… current knowledge of the virulence attributes that determine the pathogenic potential of E. …
Toxins and adhesins are two prominent virulence attributes of ETEC strains. Enterotoxins are …

… Escherichia coli is a commensal of the human intestine, although several strains have
acquired specific virulence attributes, which confer the ability to adapt to new niches and cause a …

… Background & objectives: Uropathogenic Escherichia coli have virulence properties, that are
absent in non pathogenic E. … coli have several attributes that are lacking in the commensal …

… seen as virulence attributes, are not discussed in this review. Moreover, lipopolysaccharide
or endotoxin, a general virulence attribute of Gram-negative bacteria and not specific for E. …

… from the NAHMS fecal samples for virulence attribute genes associated with human E. … In
this study only one isolate per fecal sample was tested for virulence attributes. We assume … E. …

… To screen for the above mentioned virulence attributes and to find the most predominant
serotypes among UPEC in the western Indian region, we analyzed 150 human clinical isolates. …

… There are several highly adapted E. coli clones that have acquired specific virulence
attributes, which confers an increased ability to adapt to new niches and allows them to cause a …

… Escherichia coli causes most urinary tract infections (UTls) in ambulatory populations.
Several bacterial virulence factors occur more frequently among urinary E. coli isolates than …

… virulence attributes. However, if adherence and toxin production are the sole requirements
for disease then it does not explain the lower incidence of serogroup O26 and O111 infections…

… Thanks to the extensive work of many researchers involving R plasmids, F factors, and
colicin-encoding (Col) plasmids, the core attributes of plasmids were established in the 1960s. …