The Enterobacter cloacae complex (ECC) includes common nosocomial pathogens capable
of producing a wide variety of infections. Broad-spectrum antibiotic resistance, including the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) comprises a diverse group of organisms capable of
causing severe gastrointestinal disease in humans. Within the STEC family, certain strains …

Since their initial recognition 20 years ago, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)
strains have emerged as an important cause of serious human gastrointestinal disease …

The provisional molecular approach, proposed by EFSA in 2013, for the pathogenicity
assessment of Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) has been reviewed. Analysis …

A survey was performed to estimate the frequency of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
O157: H7 or O157: nonmotile (EHEC O157) in feces and on hides within groups of fed cattle …

Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) are the pathogenic subgroup of Shiga toxin
(Stx)-producing E. coli. EHEC can cause non-bloody and bloody diarrhoea, and the …

In combination with other strategies, hyperosmolarity and desiccation are frequently used by
the food processing industry as a means to prevent bacterial proliferation, and particularly …