Infection with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing strains of Escherichia coli (SLTEC or VTEC) has the potential to cause severe and life threatening illness, including haemorrhagic colitis (HC), haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura (TTP). Such strains are found in some animals, and are transmitted to humans through ingestion of undercooked meat (especia...

Introduction. Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is characterized by endothelial dysfunction, consumption thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and acute renal failure. HUS generally has a dismal prognosis, except when associated with gastroenteritis caused by verotoxin-producing bacteria. Cancer associated HUS is uncommon, and there are only scarce reports on prostate cancer presen...

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Verotoxin II (VTII: or Shiga-like toxin 2) is a key factor for Escherichia coli O157:H7-induced multiple tissue failure and contains a pentameric sequence (NWGRI) similar to the Bcl-2 homolog domain, BH1. In the current study, we demonstrate that VTII, but not VTI, interacts with Bcl-2 through each BH1 domain pentameric sequence (NWGRI) and that the VTII/Bcl-2 complex is necessary for cell-deat...

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains also called verotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) represent one of the most important groups of food-borne pathogens that can cause several human diseases such as hemorrhagic colitis (HC) and hemolytic - uremic syndrome (HUS) worldwide. The ability of STEC strains to cause disease is associated with the presence of wide range of identified and ...