Recently, virulence patterns of Stx2e-producing Escherichia coli from pigs with edema disease and from humans were compared and strains from diseased pigs were reported to be unlikely human pathogens [Sonntag, A.K., Bielaszewska, M., Mellmann, A., Dierksen, N., Schierack, P., Wieler, L.H., Schmidt, M.A., Karch, H., 2005. Shiga toxin 2e-producing Escherichia coli isolates from humans and pigs di...

Campos T.A., Lago J.C., Nakazato G., Stehling E.G., Brocchi M., Castro A.F.P. & Silveira W.D. 2008. Occurrence of virulence-related sequences and phylogenetic analysis of commensal and pathogenic avian Escherichia coli strains (APEC). Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 28(10):533-540. Departamento de Microbiologia e Immunologia, Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Cidade Universitrária Zeferino Vaz s/...

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the second most common infection in humans after those involving the respiratory tract. This results not only in huge annual economic costs, but in decreased workforce productivity and high patient morbidity. Most infections are caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC). Antibiotic treatment is generally effective for eradication of the infecting strain; h...

BACKGROUND In Sweden, knowledge about the role of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in neonatal calf diarrhea and the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in E. coli from young calves is largely unknown. This has therapeutic concern and such knowledge is also required for prudent use of antimicrobials. METHODS In a case control study Esherichia coli isolated from faecal samples from dairy c...

We examined 12 pairs of strains of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from mixed infections in human for the presence of the Yersinia high-pathogenicity island (HPI). In one case both isolates carried the HPI, whereas in 11 cases one strain of the pair was HPI-positive. Although there were di$erences in the organization of the Yersinia HPI, all HPI-positive isolates were able t...

Sir, Since its first description in 1996, variants of KPC have spread throughout the world mostly in the ST258 clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae within isoforms of the Tn4401 transposon located on various plasmids. While the Middle East is considered as a reservoir of various carbapenemase-producing bacteria, to date the only Enterobacteriaceae carrying the blaKPC gene reported from the Arabian Pe...

HomePlant DiseaseVol. 105, No. 8First Report of Xanthomonas fragariae Strain YL19 Causing Crown Infection Pockets in Strawberry Liaoning Province, China PreviousNext DISEASE NOTE OPENOpen Access licenseFirst ChinaYu-Lian Li, Dan-Juan Wang, Yang-Yang Ma, Xiao-Lin Cai, Shunyuan Xiao, Ying-Qiang Wen, and Jia-Yue FengYu-Lian LiState Key Laboratory Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College Horticu...