In 1982, investigation of two outbreaks of a distinctive bloody diarrheal syndrome led to the
identification of a new bacterial pathogen, Escherichia coli O157: H7 (1). In the decade …

Verocytotoxin (VT)-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) are a newly recognized group of
enteric pathogens which are increasingly being recognized as common causes of diarrhea …

In May-June 1992 cases of infection with verocytotoxin-producing (VT+) Escherichia coli
O157 in South Yorkshire could have been associated with prior consumption of beef from a …

Potassium tellurite was assessed for the selection of verocytotoxigenic (VT+) Escherichia
coli O157. MICs were higher for VT+ E. coli O157 than for other strains of E. coli and for …

Objective: To review the clinical relevance of Escherichia coli O157: H7 infection, including
the epidemiology of the infection and its clinical presentations, pathogenesis, microbiology …

Escherichia coli that exhibit the aggregative pattern of adherence to HEp-2 cells (entero
adherent-aggregative E. coli [EA-AggEC]) have been epidemiologically incriminated as a …

A total of 174 strains of Escherichia coli serotype O157: H7 representing human isolates
obtained from outbreaks and sporadic cases of hemorrhagic colitis, hemolytic-uremic …

Purpose: To describe an outbreak ofEscherichia coli O175: H7 infection resulting in a high
rate of progression to hemolytic-uremic syndrome, and to attempt to identify predictors of and …

By using a single synthetic oligonucleotide primer pair in the polymerase chain reaction, we
amplified specific Shiga-like-toxin (SLT) gene segments from DNAs of 20 clinical …

In Canada, the number of human isolates of verotoxigenic (VT+ ve) Escherichia coli 0157:
H7 from diarrhoeal cases and haemolytic uraemic syndrome and haemorrhagic colitis has …