Shiga toxin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shiga toxins are a family of related toxins with two major groups, Stx1 and Stx2, whose genes are considered to be part of the genome of lambdoid prophages. The toxins are named for Kiyoshi Shiga, wh...
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Shiga-like toxin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shiga-like toxin is a toxin generated by Escherichia coli . It is named for its similarity to the AB5-type Shiga toxin produced by the bacteria Escherichia coli . It is also known as verotoxin ...
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Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) ... Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli is a type of enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria that can cause illness ranging from mild intestinal disease to severe kidney complications. Other types of enterohemorrhagic E.
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Note: although Shiga toxin and Verotoxin are treated as different entities by the Australia Commission, they are structurally and functionally identical and considered the same thing by the scientific community.
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Shiga toxin--producing E. coli (STEC) cause approximately 100,000 illnesses, 3,000 hospitalizations, and 90 deaths annually in the United States, according to the last estimate in 1999 (2). Most reported STEC infections in the United States are caused by E.
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; Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) ... Isolation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli from a clinical specimen. Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates may be assumed to be Shiga toxin-producing. For all other E. coli isolates, Shiga toxin production or the presence of Shiga toxin genes must be determined to...
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Effect of Shiga toxin and Shiga-like toxins on eukaryotic cells. ... Shigella dysenteriae and Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) elaborate the AB holotoxins, Shiga or Shiga-like toxins (Stx). Stx play a major role in the pathogenesis of haemorrhagic colitis and haemolytic uremic syndrome.
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Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli is a group of bacteria strains capable of causing significant human disease. The pathogen is transmitted primarily by food and has become an important pathogen in industrialized North America.
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We found two Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains isolated from humans carrying the stx(1) gene with an IS1203-like element (designated as IS1203v(1)). ... 0 (Shiga-Like Toxin I)
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China has approved qiyao capsules (Glucostrim); donepezil HCl orally disintegrating tablets (Aricept Evess) have been approved for use in 12 European countries; ... On December 20, the European Medicines Evaluation Agency approved orphan drug status for 2 chimeric anti-Shiga toxin antibodies (caStx1 and caStx2,
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