[PDF] from eurosurveillance.orgS Cordesmeyer, U Peitz, N Gödde… - Euro …, 2011 - eurosurveillance.org An increasing rate of infections with Shiga toxin/vero- toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC/VTEC) O104:H4 has been observed in Germany since May 2011, with unusually high numbers of patients suffering from haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS). We report a ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 2 versions
U Käppeli, H Hächler… - Epidemiology and …, 2011 - Cambridge Univ Press Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), an important foodborne pathogen, can cause mild to severe bloody diarrhoea (BD), sometimes followed by life-threatening complications such as haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS). A total of 44 O157 strains isolated from different ... Related articles - All 7 versions
X He, W Qi, B Quinones, S McMahon… - Applied and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in the environment has been reported frequently. However, robust detection of STEC in environmental samples remains difficult because the numbers of bacteria in samples are often below the detection threshold of the method. ... Related articles - All 3 versions
JM Nelson, PM Griffin, TF Jones… - Clinical Infectious …, 2011 - cid.oxfordjournals.org Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 are an important cause of illness in the United States [1]. A major complication of STEC O157 infection is hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), which occurs in ∼6% of all laboratory-confirmed cases, including 15% of patients ... Related articles - All 3 versions
M Neupane, GS Abu-Ali, A Mitra, DW Lacher… - Microbial …, 2011 - Elsevier Variation in disease severity among E. coli O157:H7 infections may result from differential expression of Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2). Eleven strains belonging to four prominent phylogenetic clades, including clade 8 strains representative of the 2006 US spinach outbreak, were examined for stx2 ...