Molecular detection of sorbitol-fermenting Escherichia coli O157 in patients with hemolytic-uremic syndrome.

PubWeight™: 3.57‹?› | Rank: Top 1%

🔗 View Article (PMC 265385)

Published in J Clin Microbiol on July 01, 1992

Authors

F Gunzer1, H Böhm, H Rüssmann, M Bitzan, S Aleksic, H Karch

Author Affiliations

1: Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie, Universität Würzburg, Germany.

Articles citing this

Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli. Clin Microbiol Rev (1998) 30.09

Pathogenesis and diagnosis of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections. Clin Microbiol Rev (1998) 8.74

Sequence of Shiga toxin 2 phage 933W from Escherichia coli O157:H7: Shiga toxin as a phage late-gene product. J Bacteriol (1999) 4.08

Simultaneous identification of strains of Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 and their Shiga-like toxin type by mismatch amplification mutation assay-multiplex PCR. J Clin Microbiol (1995) 3.95

Typing of intimin genes in human and animal enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: characterization of a new intimin variant. Infect Immun (2000) 3.66

Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by multiplex PCR. J Clin Microbiol (1995) 2.76

Molecular characterization of the gene encoding H antigen in Escherichia coli and development of a PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism test for identification of E. coli O157:H7 and O157:NM. J Clin Microbiol (1997) 2.60

Shiga-like toxin II-related cytotoxins in Citrobacter freundii strains from humans and beef samples. Infect Immun (1993) 2.47

Clonal structure and pathogenicity of Shiga-like toxin-producing, sorbitol-fermenting Escherichia coli O157:H-. J Clin Microbiol (1993) 2.43

Escherichia coli O157:H7 Shiga toxin-encoding bacteriophages: integrations, excisions, truncations, and evolutionary implications. J Bacteriol (2003) 2.43

Role of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 O side chain in adherence and analysis of an rfb locus. Infect Immun (1996) 2.36

Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7: novel vehicles of infection and emergence of phenotypic variants. Emerg Infect Dis (1996) 2.24

Long-term shedding and clonal turnover of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 in diarrheal diseases. J Clin Microbiol (1995) 2.04

PCR-based DNA amplification and presumptive detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 with an internal fluorogenic probe and the 5' nuclease (TaqMan) assay. Appl Environ Microbiol (1998) 2.01

The role of Escherichia coli O 157 infections in the classical (enteropathic) haemolytic uraemic syndrome: results of a Central European, multicentre study. Epidemiol Infect (1993) 2.00

Sorbitol-fermenting Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H(-) strains: epidemiology, phenotypic and molecular characteristics, and microbiological diagnosis. J Clin Microbiol (2001) 1.99

Serotypes, virulence genes, and intimin types of Shiga toxin (verotoxin)-producing Escherichia coli isolates from human patients: prevalence in Lugo, Spain, from 1992 through 1999. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.93

Molecular characteristics and epidemiological significance of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26 strains. J Clin Microbiol (2000) 1.90

Probing genomic diversity and evolution of Escherichia coli O157 by single nucleotide polymorphisms. Genome Res (2006) 1.87

A genomic island, termed high-pathogenicity island, is present in certain non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli clonal lineages. Infect Immun (1999) 1.86

Human infections with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli other than serogroup O157 in Germany. Emerg Infect Dis (1999) 1.78

Ancestral divergence, genome diversification, and phylogeographic variation in subpopulations of sorbitol-negative, beta-glucuronidase-negative enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157. J Bacteriol (2001) 1.68

Escherichia coli O157:H7 and O157:H(-) strains that do not produce Shiga toxin: phenotypic and genetic characterization of isolates associated with diarrhea and hemolytic-uremic syndrome. J Clin Microbiol (1999) 1.65

A PCR-based assay for the detection of Escherichia coli Shiga-like toxin genes in ground beef. Appl Environ Microbiol (1996) 1.63

Virulence determinants in nontoxinogenic Escherichia coli O157 strains that cause infantile diarrhea. Infect Immun (1993) 1.60

Rapid Immunoassay for detection of Escherichia coli O157 directly from stool specimens. J Clin Microbiol (1996) 1.48

Novel type of fimbriae encoded by the large plasmid of sorbitol-fermenting enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H(-). Infect Immun (2001) 1.48

Isolation and characterization of sorbitol-fermenting Shiga toxin (Verocytotoxin)-producing Escherichia coli O157:H- strains in the Czech Republic. J Clin Microbiol (1998) 1.45

Impact of free verotoxin testing on epidemiology of diarrhea caused by verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli. J Clin Microbiol (1995) 1.44

Virulence of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 sorbitol-positive mutant. Appl Environ Microbiol (1993) 1.40

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in finland from 1990 through 1997: prevalence and characteristics of isolates. J Clin Microbiol (1998) 1.39

Occurrence of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli in retail fresh seafood, beef, lamb, pork, and poultry from grocery stores in Seattle, Washington. Appl Environ Microbiol (1994) 1.36

Humoral immune responses to Shiga-like toxins and Escherichia coli O157 lipopolysaccharide in hemolytic-uremic syndrome patients and healthy subjects. J Clin Microbiol (1994) 1.31

ACP Broadsheet 135: January 1993. Isolation and identification methods for Escherichia coli O157 and other Vero cytotoxin producing strains. J Clin Pathol (1993) 1.30

Molecular epidemiology of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and comparison with that by bacteriophage typing. J Clin Microbiol (1996) 1.27

Isolation and characterization of a beta-D-glucuronidase-producing strain of Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 in the United States. J Clin Microbiol (1995) 1.22

A 12-base-pair deletion in the flagellar master control gene flhC causes nonmotility of the pathogenic German sorbitol-fermenting Escherichia coli O157:H- strains. J Bacteriol (2004) 1.19

Antibody response to Shiga toxins Stx2 and Stx1 in children with enteropathic hemolytic-uremic syndrome. J Clin Microbiol (2001) 1.18

Cattle can be a reservoir of sorbitol-fermenting shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H(-) strains and a source of human diseases. J Clin Microbiol (2000) 1.16

Pathogenic potential of emergent sorbitol-fermenting Escherichia coli O157:NM. Infect Immun (2008) 1.14

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection and antibodies against Stx2 and Stx1 in household contacts of children with enteropathic hemolytic-uremic syndrome. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.10

Phylogeny of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 isolated from cattle and clinically ill humans. Mol Biol Evol (2012) 1.09

Sorbitol-negative phenotype among enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains of different serotypes and from different sources. J Clin Microbiol (1995) 1.08

Molecular analysis of H antigens reveals that human diarrheagenic Escherichia coli O26 strains that carry the eae gene belong to the H11 clonal complex. J Clin Microbiol (2000) 1.07

Comparison of sorbitol MacConkey agar and a two-step method which utilizes enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay toxin testing and a chromogenic agar to detect and isolate enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. J Clin Microbiol (2000) 1.05

Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from healthy pigs in China. BMC Microbiol (2014) 0.93

Serotypes and virulence profiles of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates from bovine farms. Appl Environ Microbiol (2011) 0.92

The Escherichia coli O157 flagellar regulatory gene flhC and not the flagellin gene fliC impacts colonization of cattle. Infect Immun (2006) 0.92

Expression of A and B subunits of Shiga-like toxin II as fusions with glutathione S-transferase and their potential for use in seroepidemiology. J Clin Microbiol (1993) 0.90

Displacement of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from rumen medium containing prebiotic sugars. Appl Environ Microbiol (2002) 0.88

Glutamate decarboxylase genes as a prescreening marker for detection of pathogenic Escherichia coli groups. Appl Environ Microbiol (2001) 0.84

Vitamin B12 production by Citrobacter freundii or Klebsiella pneumoniae during tempeh fermentation and proof of enterotoxin absence by PCR. Appl Environ Microbiol (1994) 0.84

Development of a colony lift immunoassay to facilitate rapid detection and quantification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from agar plates and filter monitor membranes. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol (1998) 0.81

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Central Greece: prevalence and virulence genes of O157:H7 and non-O157 in animal feces, vegetables, and humans. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2013) 0.81

Evaluation of CHROMagar STEC and STEC O104 chromogenic agar media for detection of Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli in stool specimens. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 0.79

Incidence of E. coli O157:H7 and other enteropathogens in a Spanish hospital. Eur J Epidemiol (2000) 0.77

Detection, Characterization, and Typing of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli. Front Microbiol (2016) 0.77

Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Front Microbiol (2016) 0.76

Support vector machine applied to predict the zoonotic potential of E. coli O157 cattle isolates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2016) 0.75

Development of a simple latex agglutination assay for detection of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) by using polyclonal antibody against STEC. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2007) 0.75

Articles cited by this

Infection by verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli. Clin Microbiol Rev (1989) 16.53

Sporadic cases of haemolytic-uraemic syndrome associated with faecal cytotoxin and cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in stools. Lancet (1983) 10.11

Two toxin-converting phages from Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain 933 encode antigenically distinct toxins with similar biologic activities. Infect Immun (1986) 8.09

Sorbitol-MacConkey medium for detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with hemorrhagic colitis. J Clin Microbiol (1986) 6.70

Two copies of Shiga-like toxin II-related genes common in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains are responsible for the antigenic heterogeneity of the O157:H- strain E32511. Infect Immun (1991) 4.63

Vero cell toxins in Escherichia coli and related bacteria: transfer by phage and conjugation and toxic action in laboratory animals, chickens and pigs. J Gen Microbiol (1983) 4.52

H7 antiserum-sorbitol fermentation medium: a single tube screening medium for detecting Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with hemorrhagic colitis. J Clin Microbiol (1985) 3.91

Cloning and nucleotide sequencing of Vero toxin 2 variant genes from Escherichia coli O91:H21 isolated from a patient with the hemolytic uremic syndrome. Microb Pathog (1990) 3.88

Survival and growth characteristics of Escherichia coli associated with hemorrhagic colitis. Appl Environ Microbiol (1984) 3.16

Characterization of Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7. J Clin Microbiol (1988) 3.01

Identification of verotoxin type 2 variant B subunit genes in Escherichia coli by the polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. J Clin Microbiol (1991) 2.78

Evaluation of oligonucleotide probes for identification of shiga-like-toxin-producing Escherichia coli. J Clin Microbiol (1989) 2.62

A biotyping scheme for Shiga-like (Vero) toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 and a list of serological cross-reactions between O157 and other gram-negative bacteria. Zentralbl Bakteriol (1992) 2.34

Laboratory investigation of outbreak of hemorrhagic colitis caused by Escherichia coli O157:H7. J Clin Microbiol (1987) 2.17

High incidence of serum antibodies to Escherichia coli O157 lipopolysaccharide in children with hemolytic-uremic syndrome. J Pediatr (1991) 1.78

Cloning and sequencing of a Shiga-like toxin II-related gene from Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain 7279. Zentralbl Bakteriol (1992) 1.56

The use of sorbitol-MacConkey agar in conjunction with a specific antiserum for the detection of Vero cytotoxin-producing strains of Escherichia coli O 157. Epidemiol Infect (1988) 1.54

[Hemolytic-uremic syndrome in infants due to verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr (1990) 1.48

Improved biochemical screening procedure for small clinical laboratories for vero (Shiga-like)-toxin-producing strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7. J Clin Microbiol (1986) 1.37

Articles by these authors

The diarrheal response of humans to some classic serotypes of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli is dependent on a plasmid encoding an enteroadhesiveness factor. J Infect Dis (1985) 9.18

A DNA probe to identify enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli of O157:H7 and other serotypes that cause hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome. J Infect Dis (1987) 8.19

Molecular analysis of the plasmid-encoded hemolysin of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain EDL 933. Infect Immun (1995) 5.34

ASAS/EULAR recommendations for the management of ankylosing spondylitis. Ann Rheum Dis (2005) 4.31

DNA fingerprinting of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. J Clin Microbiol (1992) 4.24

Role of a 60-megadalton plasmid and Shiga-like toxins in the pathogenesis of infection caused by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in gnotobiotic piglets. Infect Immun (1987) 3.96

A plasmid of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 is required for expression of a new fimbrial antigen and for adhesion to epithelial cells. Infect Immun (1987) 3.76

EspP, a novel extracellular serine protease of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 cleaves human coagulation factor V. Mol Microbiol (1997) 3.75

Typing of intimin genes in human and animal enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: characterization of a new intimin variant. Infect Immun (2000) 3.66

Immune response to non-O157 Vero toxin-producing Escherichia coli in patients with hemolytic uremic syndrome. J Infect Dis (1996) 3.59

Frequent loss of Shiga-like toxin genes in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli upon subcultivation. Infect Immun (1992) 3.47

Genotypic and phenotypic changes in the emergence of Escherichia coli O157:H7. J Infect Dis (1998) 3.35

Prevalence of the "high-pathogenicity island" of Yersinia species among Escherichia coli strains that are pathogenic to humans. Infect Immun (1998) 3.17

Virulence markers of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains originating from healthy domestic animals of different species. J Clin Microbiol (1995) 2.94

A new Shiga toxin 2 variant (Stx2f) from Escherichia coli isolated from pigeons. Appl Environ Microbiol (2000) 2.72

Development of PCR for screening of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli. J Clin Microbiol (1995) 2.66

Genetic diversity of intimin genes of attaching and effacing Escherichia coli strains. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 2.62

Acute and chronic diarrhoea and abdominal colic associated with enteroaggregative Escherichia coli in young children living in western Europe. Lancet (1997) 2.58

KatP, a novel catalase-peroxidase encoded by the large plasmid of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7. Microbiology (1996) 2.53

Isolation of a temperate bacteriophage encoding the type III effector protein SopE from an epidemic Salmonella typhimurium strain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1999) 2.51

Shiga-like toxin II-related cytotoxins in Citrobacter freundii strains from humans and beef samples. Infect Immun (1993) 2.47

Clonal structure and pathogenicity of Shiga-like toxin-producing, sorbitol-fermenting Escherichia coli O157:H-. J Clin Microbiol (1993) 2.43

Transduction of enteric Escherichia coli isolates with a derivative of Shiga toxin 2-encoding bacteriophage phi3538 isolated from Escherichia coli O157:H7. Appl Environ Microbiol (1999) 2.37

A biotyping scheme for Shiga-like (Vero) toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 and a list of serological cross-reactions between O157 and other gram-negative bacteria. Zentralbl Bakteriol (1992) 2.34

Differentiation in virulence patterns of Escherichia coli possessing eae genes. Med Microbiol Immunol (1994) 2.16

Flagella of Salmonella typhimurium are a virulence factor in infected C57BL/6J mice. Infect Immun (1984) 2.15

Variants of Shiga-like toxin II constitute a major toxin component in Escherichia coli O157 strains from patients with haemolytic uraemic syndrome. J Med Microbiol (1994) 2.08

Non-O157:H7 pathogenic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: phenotypic and genetic profiling of virulence traits and evidence for clonality. J Infect Dis (1999) 2.04

Long-term shedding and clonal turnover of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 in diarrheal diseases. J Clin Microbiol (1995) 2.04

Nucleotide sequence analysis of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) adherence factor probe and development of PCR for rapid detection of EPEC harboring virulence plasmids. J Clin Microbiol (1994) 2.01

The large plasmids of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are highly variable genetic elements. Microbiology (1999) 1.97

Virulence factors and phenotypical traits of verotoxigenic strains of Escherichia coli isolated from human patients in Germany. Med Microbiol Immunol (1994) 1.95

The spectrum of immune responses to Campylobacter jejuni and glycoconjugates in Guillain-Barré syndrome and in other neuroimmunological disorders. Ann Neurol (1993) 1.92

Molecular characteristics and epidemiological significance of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26 strains. J Clin Microbiol (2000) 1.90

Metabolic effects of hypoglycin and methylenecyclopropaneacetic acid. Biochim Biophys Acta (1966) 1.87

Enteroaggregative, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O111:H2 associated with an outbreak of hemolytic-uremic syndrome. J Clin Microbiol (1998) 1.83

Large and ongoing outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome, Germany, May 2011. Euro Surveill (2011) 1.83

Enterohemolytic phenotypes and genotypes of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O111 strains from patients with diarrhea and hemolytic-uremic syndrome. J Clin Microbiol (1996) 1.83

cDNA sequence coding for a translationally controlled human tumor protein. Nucleic Acids Res (1989) 1.83

Identification and characterization of a novel genomic island integrated at selC in locus of enterocyte effacement-negative, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. Infect Immun (2001) 1.82

The large-sized plasmids of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 strains encode hemolysins which are presumably members of the E. coli alpha-hemolysin family. FEMS Microbiol Lett (1994) 1.82

Phage-associated cytotoxin production by and enteroadhesiveness of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from infants with diarrhea in West Germany. J Infect Dis (1987) 1.79

High incidence of serum antibodies to Escherichia coli O157 lipopolysaccharide in children with hemolytic-uremic syndrome. J Pediatr (1991) 1.78

Strain-specific differences in the amount of Shiga toxin released from enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 following exposure to subinhibitory concentrations of antimicrobial agents. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (1998) 1.77

Incidence and risk factors for community-acquired acute gastroenteritis in north-west Germany in 2004. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2009) 1.76

A gene cluster closely related to type II secretion pathway operons of gram-negative bacteria is located on the large plasmid of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 strains. FEMS Microbiol Lett (1997) 1.75

Genetic variation in Staphylococcus aureus coagulase genes: potential and limits for use as epidemiological marker. J Clin Microbiol (1994) 1.75

Preceding infections, immune factors, and outcome in Guillain-Barré syndrome. Neurology (2001) 1.74

Isolation of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 strains from patients with hemolytic-uremic syndrome by using immunomagnetic separation, DNA-based methods, and direct culture. J Clin Microbiol (1996) 1.74

Genotyping of Shiga-like toxin genes in non-O157 Escherichia coli strains associated with haemolytic uraemic syndrome. J Med Microbiol (1995) 1.73

Analysis of the enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 DNA region containing lambdoid phage gene p and Shiga-like toxin structural genes. Appl Environ Microbiol (1996) 1.69

Prevalence of attaching and effacing Escherichia coli in stool samples from patients and controls. Zentralbl Bakteriol (1994) 1.69

Escherichia coli O157:H7 and O157:H(-) strains that do not produce Shiga toxin: phenotypic and genetic characterization of isolates associated with diarrhea and hemolytic-uremic syndrome. J Clin Microbiol (1999) 1.65

A large outbreak of hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by an unusual sorbitol-fermenting strain of Escherichia coli O157:H-. J Infect Dis (1999) 1.65

Incidence of Lyme borreliosis in the Würzburg region of Germany. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (1999) 1.64

Virulence determinants in nontoxinogenic Escherichia coli O157 strains that cause infantile diarrhea. Infect Immun (1993) 1.60

Avoiding CT scans in children with single-suture craniosynostosis. Childs Nerv Syst (2012) 1.59

Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections in Europe. Emerg Infect Dis (1997) 1.58

Epidemiology and diagnosis of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (1999) 1.57

Cloning and sequencing of a Shiga-like toxin II-related gene from Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain 7279. Zentralbl Bakteriol (1992) 1.56

Association of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli hemolysin with serotypes of shiga-like-toxin-producing Escherichia coli of human and bovine origins. Appl Environ Microbiol (1998) 1.55

Salmonella host cell invasion emerged by acquisition of a mosaic of separate genetic elements, including Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI1), SPI5, and sopE2. J Bacteriol (2001) 1.54

Characterization of a shiga toxin 2e-converting bacteriophage from an Escherichia coli strain of human origin. Infect Immun (2000) 1.53

[Plasmid localization of the genetic determinant of the atypical saccharose positive character in Salmonella]. Ann Microbiol (Paris) (1973) 1.53

Lyme arthritis in children and adolescents: outcome 12 months after initiation of antibiotic therapy. J Rheumatol (2000) 1.49

Novel type of fimbriae encoded by the large plasmid of sorbitol-fermenting enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H(-). Infect Immun (2001) 1.48

Inflammatory reaction to synthetic dural substitute. Case report. J Neurosurg (1989) 1.45

Epidemiological relatedness and clonal types of natural populations of Escherichia coli strains producing Shiga toxins in separate populations of cattle and sheep. Appl Environ Microbiol (1997) 1.45

Isolation and characterization of sorbitol-fermenting Shiga toxin (Verocytotoxin)-producing Escherichia coli O157:H- strains in the Czech Republic. J Clin Microbiol (1998) 1.45

Comparison of restriction endonuclease analysis and phenotypic typing methods for differentiation of Yersinia enterocolitica isolates. J Clin Microbiol (1990) 1.43

A long-term study on the prevalence of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) on four German cattle farms. Epidemiol Infect (2002) 1.36

Human antibody response during sepsis against targets expressed by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol (2000) 1.36

Phenotypical and genotypical characterization of epidemic clumping factor-negative, oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol (1993) 1.36

Serological and biochemical properties of Shiga-like toxin (verocytotoxin)-producing strains of Escherichia coli, other than O-group 157, from patients in Germany. Zentralbl Bakteriol (1992) 1.34

Antibacterials that are used as growth promoters in animal husbandry can affect the release of Shiga-toxin-2-converting bacteriophages and Shiga toxin 2 from Escherichia coli strains. Microbiology (2000) 1.34

Clonal relatedness of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli O101 strains of human and porcine origin. J Clin Microbiol (1995) 1.34

Human Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection associated with the consumption of unpasteurized goat's milk. Epidemiol Infect (1997) 1.34

Indirect hemagglutination assay for diagnosis of Escherichia coli O157 infection in patients with hemolytic-uremic syndrome. J Clin Microbiol (1992) 1.33

Polysegmental lumbar osteotomies and transpedicled fixation for correction of long-curved kyphotic deformities in ankylosing spondylitis. Report on 177 cases. Clin Orthop Relat Res (1990) 1.33

Molecular cloning, sequencing and expression in Escherichia coli of the 25-kDa growth-related protein of Ehrlich ascites tumor and its homology to mammalian stress proteins. Eur J Biochem (1989) 1.31

Evaluation of the Helicobacter pylori stool antigen test (HpSA) for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection in children. Am J Gastroenterol (2001) 1.31

Alteration of the immunoglobulin G subclass responses in mice to lipopolysaccharide: effects of nonbacterial proteins and bacterial membrane phospholipids or outer membrane proteins of Proteus mirabilis. Infect Immun (1983) 1.30

Analysis of the EHEC hly operon and its location in the physical map of the large plasmid of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:h7. Microbiology (1996) 1.30

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infections: following transmission routes. Pediatr Nephrol (2000) 1.29

Antibody-producing cell responses to an isolated outer membrane protein and to complexes of this antigen with lipopolysaccharide or with vesicles of phospholipids from Proteus mirabilis. Infect Immun (1981) 1.28

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) in pediatric hemolytic-uremic syndrome: a prospective study in Germany and Austria. Infection (2000) 1.25

Genes coding for Shiga-like toxin and heat-stabile enterotoxin in porcine strains of Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett (1989) 1.23

Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi by nested polymerase chain reaction in cerebrospinal fluid and urine of children with neuroborreliosis. Eur J Pediatr (1993) 1.22

Purified verotoxins of Escherichia coli O157:H7 decrease prostacyclin synthesis by endothelial cells. Microb Pathog (1988) 1.22

Comparative study of five different techniques for epidemiological typing of Escherichia coli O157. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (1998) 1.22

Nationwide outbreak of human salmonellosis in Germany due to contaminated paprika and paprika-powdered potato chips. Epidemiol Infect (1995) 1.22

Intracranial extension and bone destruction in orbital pseudotumor. Arch Ophthalmol (1986) 1.21