The enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) group is responsible for outbreaks and sporadic cases around the world annually. EHEC produces a potent protein known as Shiga toxin in the human intestine causing mild to bloody diarrhea. Some cases of EHEC infections may develop life-threatening symptoms, which may lead to human death.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis a foodborne bacterial pathogen that may cause gastroenteritis in humans through the consumption of seafood contaminated with this microorganism. The emergence of antimicrobial and multidrug-resistant bacteria is another serious public health threat worldwide. In this study, the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility test of in blood clams, shrimps, surf clams, and squids were determined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: is a causative agent of gastroenteritis. Most of the clinical isolates carry either and/or genes which are considered as the major virulence genes of this pathogen. In this study, the clinical isolates of carrying gene (= 73) obtained from 1886 to 2012 from various countries were investigated for the urease production, haemolytic activity, and biofilm formation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPandemic O3:K6 Vibrio parahaemolyticus emerged in 1996. Since then, this strain of pathogen and its serovariants (predominantly O1:KUT [untypable], O1:K25 and O4:K68) have caused gastroenteritis worldwide. Owing to the limitation in established K antisera, tracking the sources of KUT for epidemiological investigation is difficult.
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