Most Escherichia coli strains live harmlessly in the intestines and rarely cause disease in
healthy individuals. Nonetheless, a number of pathogenic strains can cause diarrhea or …

Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a zoonotic pathotype associated with
human gastrointestinal disease that may progress to severe complications. Ruminants …

Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) strains are important pathogens that
cause diverse diseases in humans and poultry. Some E. coli isolates from chicken feces …

Escherichia coli is a normal inhabitant of the intestinal microbiota of chickens, a small
proportion of which may be avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) or potential extraintestinal …

Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC) strains are emerging enteropathogens
that have been detected worldwide. A collection of 228 aEPEC strains (121 from diarrheal …

Shigatoxigenic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli with virulence and multidrug
resistance profile were isolated from Nile tilapia. This study finding is of great importance to …

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) organisms are a diverse group of pathogenic
bacteria capable of causing serious human illness, and serogroups O157 and O26 are …

Calf diarrhea is a common cause of pre-weaning morbidity and mortality in cattle operations.
We evaluated the role of Escherichia coli by assessing the frequency of genes encoding …

Background Although antimicrobial resistance is increasingly common in equine medicine,
molecular and epidemiological data remains scarce. Objectives We estimated the …

Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) can cause serious illnesses, including hemorrhagic
colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome. This is the first systematic review of STEC in Brazil …