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Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli

Known as: ehec, Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli, Shiga Toxigenic E. coli 
Strains of ESCHERICHIA COLI with the ability to produce at least one or more of at least two antigenically distinct, usually bacteriophage-mediated… 
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coliShiga Toxin 1Shiga Toxin 2Suspected organism:Prid:Pt:XXX:Nom

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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food‐borne outbreaks in 2017
Abstract This report of the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents… 
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Real-Time Whole-Genome Sequencing for Routine Typing, Surveillance, and Outbreak Detection of Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli
ABSTRACT Fast and accurate identification and typing of pathogens are essential for effective surveillance and outbreak detection… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
A culture-independent sequence-based metagenomics approach to the investigation of an outbreak of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli O104:H4.
IMPORTANCE Identification of the bacterium responsible for an outbreak can aid in disease management. However, traditional… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
A New Family of Potent AB5 Cytotoxins Produced by Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia coli
The Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) O113:H21 strain 98NK2, which was responsible for an outbreak of hemolytic uremic… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Detection and characterization of Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli by using multiplex PCR assays for stx1, stx2, eaeA, enterohemorrhagic E. coli hlyA, rfbO111, and rfbO157.
Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) comprises a diverse group of organisms capable of causing severe gastrointestinal disease… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Detection and Characterization of Shiga ToxigenicEscherichia coli by Using Multiplex PCR Assays forstx1, stx2,eaeA, Enterohemorrhagic E. coli hlyA,rfbO111, andrfbO157
ABSTRACT Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) comprises a diverse group of organisms capable of causing severe… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Pathogenesis and Diagnosis of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Infections
SUMMARY Since their initial recognition 20 years ago, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains have emerged as an… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Infection by verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli
Verocytotoxin (VT)-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) are a newly recognized group of enteric pathogens which are increasingly… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Actin accumulation at sites of bacterial adhesion to tissue culture cells: basis of a new diagnostic test for enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) adhere to the intestinal mucosa and produce an… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The association between idiopathic hemolytic uremic syndrome and infection by verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli.
Forty pediatric patients with idiopathic hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) were investigated for evidence of infection by Verotoxin… 
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