Although E. coli is found in people’s colons, the Shiga toxin is primarily native to cows, sheep and pigs, and contact with ...

The effect of Shiga toxins (Stxs) produced by Escherichia coli on human lung epithelial cells was investigated. Specific antibodies for Stxs positively stained lung tissue from a patient who died of ...

Researchers, setting their sights on Shiga toxin (player in the current E. coli outbreak from romaine lettuce) and ricin (a bioterrorism agent), have now identified potential protective strategies.

An Arizona teen says she believes she caught the bug at the Arizona State Fair, but health experts are still investigating ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Meridian Bioscience has announced FDA 510(k) clearance of its Curian Shiga Toxin assay intended for detection ...

Antibiotics usually save lives—but against some bacteria, they can make things worse. That’s the case with the Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli, where bacterial death releases a flood of a ...

Background. In May and June 2011 the largest known outbreak of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) occurred in northern Germany. Because, quite unusually, a large number of adults was affected and the ...

Washington, D.C. -- If you’ve survived Shiga toxin and the after-effects of food poisoning, you may have been the innocent victim of a battle for survival between predator and prey. Bacteria that ...

When a patient presents with acute bloody diarrhea and tests negative for common causes such as campylobacter and salmonella, what's missing? Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) is increasing in ...

Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a germ that occurs naturally in the gut of mammals and birds, as well as in the human intestinal flora. However, certain E. coli types can cause severe diarrhea in humans ...

So Shiga toxin's stealthy suppression of the immune system may have a link to all the bloody drama that ensues. Spurred on by this exciting observation, they conducted a series of detailed molecular ...

Min Dong, PhD, and his lab are world experts in toxins and how to combat them. They've figured out how Clostridium difficile's most potent toxin gets into cells and zeroed in on the first new ...