Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC)
HeLa-cell adherence patterns and actin aggregation of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) strains carrying different eae and tir alleles
... Escherichia coli (tEPEC) studied harbored the enteropathogenic E. coli adherence factor (EAF) plasmid, as shown by PCR and/or EAF probe ...and Shiga-toxin- producing ...
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Circulating microRNAs in patients with Shiga-Toxin-producing E. coli O104:H4 induced hemolytic uremic syndrome.
... Background: In early May 2011, an outbreak of hemorrhagic colitis associated with hemolytic–uremic syndrome (HUS) first developed in Northern Germany and spread to 15 other countries in Europe. The outbreak-strain ...
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Rosangela Uhrig SALVATORI1 , Adriane POZZOBON1 , Ivan Cunha BUSTAMANTE-FILHO
... The Shiga toxin-producing E. coli are an important emerging group of foodborne pathogens. These strains harbor the phage-encoded genes stx1 and stx2, coding for cytotoxins that cause severe ...
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Subtilase Cytotoxin-Encoding subAB Operon Found Exclusively among Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains
... Escherichia coli strains of various pathogenic ...some Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) serotypes devoid of eae and carrying ...
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A Comparison of Culture- and PCR-Based Methods to Detect Six Major Non-O157 Serogroups of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Cattle Feces.
... O145) Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) are not well ...E. coli broth at 40° C for 6 ...carried Shiga toxin ...
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Analysis of Escherichia coli isolated from bovine mastitic milk
... Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) strains are considered to be the most important pathogens between a recently emerged group of food borne ...to toxin production, another ...
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Adhesin-Encoding Genes from Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Are More Prevalent in Atypical than in Typical Enteropathogenic E. coli
... E. coli (EHEC), a subgroup of the Shiga toxin-producing ...E. coli (STEC) pathotype ...E. coli (26, 27); ToxB (EHEC pO157 plasmid-encoded protein), which is involved in adherence ...
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Beef Carcass Contamination by Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains in an Abattoir in Brazil: Characterization and Resistance to Antimicrobial Drugs
... Escherichia coli and Shiga toxin–producing E. coli (STEC) in carcasses obtained from an abattoir in Brazil between February 2006 and June ...E. coli positive, 38% were ...
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Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from children in São Paulo, Brazil
... E. coli were submitted to hybridization assays with radioactive DNA probes for the identification of enterotoxigenic ...E. coli (ETEC, LT-I, LT-II, ST-Ip, ST-Ih, and ST-II probes), enteroinvasive ...E. ...
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Search for cytolethal distending toxin production among fecal Escherichia coli isolates from Brazilian children with diarrhea and without diarrhea
... In the Bangladeshi study (1), most CDT probe-positive strains further characterized belonged to serogroup O127 and had all of the virulence factors of enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). CDT production has also been ...
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Occurrence of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in dogs with diarrhea
... Escherichia coli is a predominant component of the intestinal microbiota of humans and other ...E. coli strains represent primary pathogens having an enhanced potential to cause diseases, especially ...
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Comparative genomic analysis of two novel sporadic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 strains isolated 2011 in Germany.
... Escherichia coli strain of serotype O104:H4 which expressed a Shiga toxin characteristic of enterohemorrhagic ...E. coli and in addition virulence factors common to enteroaggregative ...E. ...
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Prevalence and characteristics of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains in ground beef in São Paulo, Brazil
... Shiga toxin-producing E. coli strains are associated with a broad spectrum of human illnesses throughout the world, ranging from mild diarrhea to hemorrhagic colitis (HC), hemolytic uremic ...
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Molecular investigation of tRNA genes integrity and its relation to pathogenicity islands in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains
... 1997). Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) colonizes the gastrointestinal tract of bovines and other animals and is mostly transmitted to humans by contaminated undercooked ground ...
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Genetic Diversity and Virulence Potential of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O113:H21 Strains Isolated from Clinical, Environmental, and Food Sources
... higa toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) represents a large, diverse group of bacteria characterized by the produc- tion of Shiga toxins ...E. coli (EHEC) is a pathogenic subset of ...
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Determination of Adhesin Gene Sequences in, and Biofilm Formation by, O157 and Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Different Sources
... published so far that there are multiple genes in E. coli O157 and probably in other STEC serotypes that contribute to bio- film growth. In addition, the data described here suggest that none of the separate ...
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Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli: An emerging pathogen which endanger the health of people and animals
... Escherichia coli O157: H7: Diarrhea in a Nursing Home: Clinical, Epidemiological and Pathological ...of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Infection in the Hemolytic-Uremic- ...
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Genetic heterogeneity of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated in São Paulo, Brazil, from 1976 through 2003, as revealed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
... 46 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains isolated in Sa ˜o Paulo, Brazil, during the period from 1976 to 2003 were compared with those found among 30 non-STEC strains that ...
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Virulence properties and characteristics of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in São Paulo, Brazil, from 1976 through 1999
... STEC strains were identified in 29 (1.1%) of the 2,607 E. coli strains analyzed, and the frequency varied among the different serogroups studied (Table 1). Most (27 of 29 [93%]) of the STEC strains were isolated ...
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First description of a Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O103:H2 strain isolated from sheep in Brazil
... 12. Aidar-Ugrinovich L, Blanco J, Blanco M, Blanco JE, Leomil L, Dahbi G, Mora A, Onuma DL, Silveira WD, Pestana de Castro AF (2007) Serotypes, virulence genes, and intimin types of Shiga ...
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