The population genetics of pathogenic Escherichia coli

E Denamur, O Clermont, S Bonacorsi… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Escherichia coli is a commensal of the vertebrate gut that is increasingly involved in various
intestinal and extra-intestinal infections as an opportunistic pathogen. Numerous pathotypes …

Escherichia coli as a Multifaceted Pathogenic and Versatile Bacterium

VS Braz, K Melchior, CG Moreira - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Genetic plasticity promotes evolution and a vast diversity in Escherichia coli varying from
avirulent to highly pathogenic strains, including the emergence of virulent hybrid …

Recent advances in understanding enteric pathogenic Escherichia coli

MA Croxen, RJ Law, R Scholz… - Clinical microbiology …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

Shiga toxin-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome: A narrative review

A Joseph, A Cointe, P Mariani Kurkdjian, C Rafat… - Toxins, 2020 - mdpi.com
The severity of human infection by one of the many Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
(STEC) is determined by a number of factors: the bacterial genome, the capacity of human …

PathogenFinder-distinguishing friend from foe using bacterial whole genome sequence data

S Cosentino, M Voldby Larsen, F Møller Aarestrup… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Although the majority of bacteria are harmless or even beneficial to their host, others are
highly virulent and can cause serious diseases, and even death. Due to the constantly …

An overview of foodborne pathogen detection: In the perspective of biosensors

V Velusamy, K Arshak, O Korostynska, K Oliwa… - Biotechnology …, 2010 - Elsevier
Food safety is a global health goal and the foodborne diseases take a major crisis on health.
Therefore, detection of microbial pathogens in food is the solution to the prevention and …

Pathogenicity assessment of Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and the public health risk posed by contamination of food with STEC

EFSA Biohaz Panel, K Koutsoumanis, A Allende… - Efsa …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The provisional molecular approach, proposed by EFSA in 2013, for the pathogenicity
assessment of Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) has been reviewed. Analysis …

Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC)

MA Karmali, V Gannon, JM Sargeant - Veterinary microbiology, 2010 - Elsevier
Escherichia coli O157: H7 and other Verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) are zoonotic
pathogens associated with food and waterborne illness around the world. E. coli O157: H7 …

Escherichia coli O157

H Pennington - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
Escherichia coli O157 is an uncommon but serious cause of gastroenteritis. This bacterium
is noteworthy because a few, but significant, number of infected people develop the …

Escherichia coli from animal reservoirs as a potential source of human extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli

L Bélanger, A Garenaux, J Harel… - FEMS Immunology & …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) are an important cause of
urinary tract infections, neonatal meningitis and septicaemia in humans. Animals are …