Published in Gastroenterology on May 01, 2009
Prospective genomic characterization of the German enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak by rapid next generation sequencing technology. PLoS One (2011) 6.75
Chromosomal instability in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7: impact on adherence, tellurite resistance and colony phenotype. Mol Microbiol (2011) 1.07
Clonal relationship among atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from different animal species and humans. Appl Environ Microbiol (2009) 1.05
Precise dissection of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak by single nucleotide polymorphism analysis. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 1.00
Detection of the emerging Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26:H11/H- sequence type 29 (ST29) clone in human patients and healthy cattle in Switzerland. Appl Environ Microbiol (2013) 0.96
The arable ecosystem as battleground for emergence of new human pathogens. Front Microbiol (2014) 0.94
Lability of the pAA Virulence Plasmid in Escherichia coli O104:H4: Implications for Virulence in Humans. PLoS One (2013) 0.94
Norwegian sheep are an important reservoir for human-pathogenic Escherichia coli O26:H11. Appl Environ Microbiol (2012) 0.91
Evolution of enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli O26 based on single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Genome Biol Evol (2013) 0.88
Highly Virulent Non-O157 Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) Serotypes Reflect Similar Phylogenetic Lineages, Providing New Insights into the Evolution of EHEC. Appl Environ Microbiol (2015) 0.82
First report of the Shiga toxin 1 gene in sorbitol-fermenting Escherichia coli O157:H⁻. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 0.76
The Accessory Genome of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Defines a Persistent Colonization Type in Cattle. Appl Environ Microbiol (2016) 0.76
Characterization of Sorbitol-Fermenting Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H(-) from Czech Patients Identifies Novel Plasmid Composition Not Previously Seen in German Isolates. Appl Environ Microbiol (2017) 0.75
Zinc blocks SOS-induced antibiotic resistance via inhibition of RecA in Escherichia coli. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Sex and virulence in Escherichia coli: an evolutionary perspective. Mol Microbiol (2006) 14.53
Characterisation of the Escherichia coli strain associated with an outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Germany, 2011: a microbiological study. Lancet Infect Dis (2011) 8.25
Prospective genomic characterization of the German enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak by rapid next generation sequencing technology. PLoS One (2011) 6.75
Escherichia coli harboring Shiga toxin 2 gene variants: frequency and association with clinical symptoms. J Infect Dis (2001) 5.27
Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in human medicine. Int J Med Microbiol (2005) 4.63
Multicenter evaluation of a sequence-based protocol for subtyping Shiga toxins and standardizing Stx nomenclature. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 3.75
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Montana: bacterial genotypes and clinical profiles. J Infect Dis (2003) 2.92
Analysis of collection of hemolytic uremic syndrome-associated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 2.92
Clinical course and the role of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection in the hemolytic-uremic syndrome in pediatric patients, 1997-2000, in Germany and Austria: a prospective study. J Infect Dis (2002) 2.89
Automated DNA sequence-based early warning system for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreaks. PLoS Med (2006) 2.75
Shiga toxin activatable by intestinal mucus in Escherichia coli isolated from humans: predictor for a severe clinical outcome. Clin Infect Dis (2006) 2.75
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in human infection: in vivo evolution of a bacterial pathogen. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 2.50
Analysis of genome plasticity in pathogenic and commensal Escherichia coli isolates by use of DNA arrays. J Bacteriol (2003) 2.36
Shiga toxin gene loss and transfer in vitro and in vivo during enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26 infection in humans. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 2.07
Genetic structure and distribution of the colibactin genomic island among members of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Infect Immun (2009) 1.93
A precise reconstruction of the emergence and constrained radiations of Escherichia coli O157 portrayed by backbone concatenomic analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.87
Shiga toxin-encoding bacteriophages--genomes in motion. Int J Med Microbiol (2004) 1.79
Shiga toxin-mediated hemolytic uremic syndrome: time to change the diagnostic paradigm? PLoS One (2007) 1.73
Effects of antibiotics on Shiga toxin 2 production and bacteriophage induction by epidemic Escherichia coli O104:H4 strain. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 1.62
Genetic diversity among clonal lineages within Escherichia coli O157:H7 stepwise evolutionary model. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.62
Real-time fluorescence PCR assays for detection and characterization of Shiga toxin, intimin, and enterohemolysin genes from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.61
Identification, characterization, and distribution of a Shiga toxin 1 gene variant (stx(1c)) in Escherichia coli strains isolated from humans. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.58
Cytolethal distending toxin gene cluster in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H- and O157:H7: characterization and evolutionary considerations. Infect Immun (2003) 1.55
Identification of unconventional intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli isolates expressing intermediate virulence factor profiles by using a novel single-step multiplex PCR. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.55
Structural and functional differences between disease-associated genes of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O111. Int J Med Microbiol (2006) 1.53
Duration of fecal shedding of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 in patients infected during the 2011 outbreak in Germany: a multicenter study. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 1.46
Shiga toxin 1c-producing Escherichia coli strains: phenotypic and genetic characterization and association with human disease. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.45
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26:H11/H-: a new virulent clone emerges in Europe. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 1.43
Identification and distribution of the enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli factor for adherence (efa1) gene in sorbitol-fermenting Escherichia coli O157: H-. Int J Med Microbiol (2002) 1.40
Phenotypic and genotypic analyses of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O145 strains from patients in Germany. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.37
Molecular profiling and phenotype analysis of Escherichia coli O26:H11 and O26:NM: secular and geographic consistency of enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic isolates. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.37
Shiga toxin 2e-producing Escherichia coli isolates from humans and pigs differ in their virulence profiles and interactions with intestinal epithelial cells. Appl Environ Microbiol (2005) 1.33
Shiga toxin-negative attaching and effacing Escherichia coli: distinct clinical associations with bacterial phylogeny and virulence traits and inferred in-host pathogen evolution. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.32
Recycling of Shiga toxin 2 genes in sorbitol-fermenting enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:NM. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.31
Characterization of cytolethal distending toxin genes and expression in shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains of non-O157 serogroups. Infect Immun (2004) 1.31
Chromosomal dynamism in progeny of outbreak-related sorbitol-fermenting enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:NM. Appl Environ Microbiol (2006) 1.30
Phenotypic and molecular analysis of tellurite resistance among enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 and sorbitol-fermenting O157:NM clinical isolates. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.30
A multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26:H11 infections in Germany, detected by molecular subtyping surveillance. J Infect Dis (2002) 1.29
Shiga toxin activates complement and binds factor H: evidence for an active role of complement in hemolytic uremic syndrome. J Immunol (2009) 1.29
Transcriptional analysis of genes encoding Shiga toxin 2 and its variants in Escherichia coli. Appl Environ Microbiol (2005) 1.22
Human MRSA isolates with novel genetic homolog, Germany. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 1.21
Shiga toxin, cytolethal distending toxin, and hemolysin repertoires in clinical Escherichia coli O91 isolates. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.20
Phylogeny and disease association of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O91. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 1.18
Phylogeny, clinical associations, and diagnostic utility of the pilin subunit gene (sfpA) of sorbitol-fermenting, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H-. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.14
Cluster of hemolytic-uremic syndrome caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26:H11. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2003) 1.13
Subtypes of the plasmid-encoded serine protease EspP in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: distribution, secretion, and proteolytic activity. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.13
Need for long-term follow-up in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome due to late-emerging sequelae. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.13
Prevalence, virulence profiles, and clinical significance of Shiga toxin-negative variants of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 infection in humans. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 1.12
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
Consequences of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection for the vascular endothelium. Thromb Haemost (2005) 1.09
Distribution of the urease gene cluster among and urease activities of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 isolates from humans. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.09
Phylogeny of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 isolated from cattle and clinically ill humans. Mol Biol Evol (2012) 1.09
Epidemiology, clinical presentation, and pathophysiology of atypical and recurrent hemolytic uremic syndrome. Semin Thromb Hemost (2006) 1.09
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome associated with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26:H infection and consumption of unpasteurized cow's milk. Int J Infect Dis (2003) 1.07
Characterization of Escherichia coli isolates from hospital inpatients or outpatients with urinary tract infection. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 1.07
Cytolethal distending toxin from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 causes irreversible G2/M arrest, inhibition of proliferation, and death of human endothelial cells. Infect Immun (2005) 1.07
Chromosomal instability in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7: impact on adherence, tellurite resistance and colony phenotype. Mol Microbiol (2011) 1.07
Shiga toxins, glycosphingolipid diversity, and endothelial cell injury. Thromb Haemost (2009) 1.07
Hemolysin from Shiga toxin-negative Escherichia coli O26 strains injures microvascular endothelium. Microbes Infect (2006) 1.06
Multilocus sequence analysis of Porphyromonas gingivalis indicates frequent recombination. Microbiology (2003) 1.02
Comparative analysis of the locus of enterocyte effacement and its flanking regions. Infect Immun (2009) 1.02
EspP, a serine protease of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, impairs complement activation by cleaving complement factors C3/C3b and C5. Infect Immun (2010) 1.02
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26:H11-Associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: Bacteriology and Clinical Presentation. Semin Thromb Hemost (2010) 1.01
Detection and characterization of class 1 integrons in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Microb Drug Resist (2002) 1.01
Structure and function relationship of the autotransport and proteolytic activity of EspP from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. PLoS One (2009) 1.01
Vesicular stabilization and activity augmentation of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli haemolysin. Mol Microbiol (2009) 1.00
Cytolethal distending toxin in Escherichia coli O157:H7: spectrum of conservation, structure, and endothelial toxicity. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.00
No evidence of the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O104:H4 outbreak strain or enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) found in cattle faeces in northern Germany, the hotspot of the 2011 HUS outbreak area. Gut Pathog (2011) 0.99
Differential cytotoxic actions of Shiga toxin 1 and Shiga toxin 2 on microvascular and macrovascular endothelial cells. Thromb Haemost (2010) 0.99
Presence of virulence and fitness gene modules of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O26. Microbes Infect (2007) 0.99
Sequence-based typing of flaB is a more stable screening tool than typing of flaA for monitoring of Campylobacter populations. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 0.98
Label-free quantitative cell division monitoring of endothelial cells by digital holographic microscopy. J Biomed Opt (2010) 0.98
Pigeons as a possible reservoir of Shiga toxin 2f-producing Escherichia coli pathogenic to humans. Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr (2005) 0.98