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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 …

Infectious disease control and prevention relies on a thorough understanding of the factors
determining transmission. This article summarizes the fundamental principles of infectious …

Background We describe an outbreak of gastroenteritis and the hemolytic–uremic syndrome
caused by Shiga-toxin–producing Escherichia coli in Germany in May, June, and July, 2011 …

Escherichia coli is the predominant nonpathogenic facultative flora of the human intestine.
Some E. coli strains, however, have developed the ability to cause disease of the …

Most cases of diarrhoea-associated haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) are caused by
Shiga-toxin-producing bacteria; the pathophysiology differs from that of thrombotic …

Escherichia coli O157: H7 causes 73,000 illnesses in the United States annually. We
reviewed E. coli O157 outbreaks reported to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

Abstract Escherichia coli O157: H7, a Shiga-producing E. coli is a major pathogenic E. coli
strain which since the early 1980s has become a crucial food and water-borne pathogen …

The objective of this review is to highlight the importance of cattle in human disease due to
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and to discuss features of STEC that are …