Recent advances in understanding enteric pathogenic Escherichia coli

MA Croxen, RJ Law, R Scholz… - Clinical microbiology …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Although Escherichia coli can be an innocuous resident of the gastrointestinal tract, it also
has the pathogenic capacity to cause significant diarrheal and extraintestinal diseases …

Molecular mechanisms that mediate colonization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains

MJ Farfan, AG Torres - Infection and immunity, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a group of pathogens which cause
gastrointestinal disease in humans and have been associated with numerous food-borne …

Pathogenesis of Shiga-Toxin Producing Escherichia coli

A Melton-Celsa, K Mohawk, L Teel… - Ricin and Shiga Toxins …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are food-borne pathogens that
cause hemorrhagic colitis and a serious sequela, the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) …

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli Factors involved in virulence and cattle colonization

AI Etcheverría, NL Padola - Virulence, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) cause hemorrhagic colitis (HC) and
hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in humans. Outbreaks are linked to bovine food sources …

The Locus of Enterocyte Effacement and Associated Virulence Factors of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

MP Stevens, GM Frankel - … and Other Shiga Toxin‐Producing E …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) was first recognized as a cause of human
disease in 1983 and is associated with diarrhea and hemorrhagic colitis, which may be …

Identification of Virulence Genes Linked with Diarrhea Due to Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by DNA Microarray Analysis and PCR

JE Afset, G Bruant, R Brousseau, J Harel… - Journal of Clinical …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
The role of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in childhood diarrhea is
controversial. The aim of the present study was to search for genes linked with diarrhea in …

Attaching and effacing (A/E) lesion formation by enteropathogenic E. coli on human intestinal mucosa is dependent on non-LEE effectors

M Cepeda-Molero, CN Berger, ADS Walsham… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) is a human pathogen that causes acute and chronic
pediatric diarrhea. The hallmark of EPEC infection is the formation of attaching and effacing …

Molecular determinants of surface colonisation in diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli (DEC): from bacterial adhesion to biofilm formation

V Ageorges, R Monteiro, S Leroy… - FEMS microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Escherichia coli is primarily known as a commensal colonising the gastrointestinal tract of
infants very early in life but some strains being responsible for diarrhoea, which can be …

High Prevalence of Virulence Genes in Specific Genotypes of Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Y Xu, X Bai, Y Jin, B Hu, H Wang, H Sun… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC) strains are emerging enteropathogens
that have been detected worldwide. A collection of 228 aEPEC strains (121 from diarrheal …

Virulence Characteristics and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Humans in South Africa: 2006–2013

M Karama, BT Cenci-Goga, M Malahlela, AM Smith… - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) isolates (N= 38) that were incriminated in
human disease from 2006 to 2013 in South Africa were characterized by serotype, virulence …