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... > Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods > Enterobacteriaceae > Escherichia > Escherichia coli > Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli

... > Gammaproteobacteria > Enterobacteriaceae > Escherichia > Escherichia coli > Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli

Preferred term

Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli

Topical Descriptor

Escherichia coli

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

E coli, Verotoxigenic
Escherichia coli, Verotoxigenic
Shiga Toxigenic E. coli
Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia coli
Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli
STEC
Vero Cytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli
Verotoxigenic E. coli
Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Verotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli
VTEC

infection: coordinate IM with ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION (IM); consider also HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME

Strains of ESCHERICHIA COLI with the ability to produce at least one or more of at least two antigenically distinct, usually bacteriophage-mediated cytotoxins: SHIGA TOXIN 1 and SHIGA TOXIN 2. These bacteria can cause severe disease in humans including bloody DIARRHEA and HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME.

History note

2008

shigatoksigeeninen Escherichia coli

Finnish
shiga-toksigeeninen E. coli
shiga-toksigeeninen Escherichia coli
shigatoksigeeninen E. coli
STEC
verotoksigeeninen E. Coli
verotoksigeeninen Escherichia coli
Shigatoxinproducerande E coli

Swedish
STEC
VTEC

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054323

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