Abstract
The review presents the characteristics of E. coli O104:H4, the causative agent of large-scale alimentary ictus in Germany in spring time 2011. The antigenic characteristics and factors of E. coli pathogenicity are taken into account. The causative agent has a combination of pathogenic factors of two groups of diarrheigenic Escherichia: shigella similar toxin, specific for entero-hemorrhagic E. coli and adhesins of enteroaggregative E. coli.
MeSH terms
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Antigens, Bacterial* / genetics
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Antigens, Bacterial* / immunology
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Antigens, Bacterial* / metabolism
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli* / cytology
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli* / immunology
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli* / metabolism
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli* / pathogenicity
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Escherichia coli Infections* / epidemiology
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Escherichia coli Infections* / genetics
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Escherichia coli Infections* / microbiology
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Female
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Germany / epidemiology
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Humans
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Male
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Shiga Toxin* / genetics
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Shiga Toxin* / immunology
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Shiga Toxin* / metabolism
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Virulence Factors* / genetics
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Virulence Factors* / immunology
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Virulence Factors* / metabolism
Substances
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Antigens, Bacterial
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Virulence Factors
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Shiga Toxin