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Campylobacter is a well-known bacterial pathogen for triggering acute gastroenteritis in humans both in developed and developing countries. This organism is highly resistant to fluoroq...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:37
Published on: 21 June 2017
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Recent studies show that some Escherichia coli strains possessing a gene cluster named the pks island might have a causative role in the development of human colorectal cancer (CRC). In several reports from Europ...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:35
Published on: 12 June 2017
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The pH of the human gastric mucosa varies around 2.5 so that only bacteria with strong acidic stress tolerance can colonize it. The ulcer causing Helicobacter pylori thrives in the gastric mucosa. We analyse the ...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:36
Published on: 12 June 2017
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Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) is the causative agent of Johne’s disease in ruminants and is associated with Crohn’s disease (CD) in humans, although the latter ...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:34
Published on: 10 June 2017
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Campylobacter jejuni infections are of rising importance worldwide. Given that innate immune receptors including nucleotide-oligomerization-domain-2 (Nod2) are essentially involved in ...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:33
Published on: 6 June 2017
Genome report
Clostridium perfringens is an opportunistic human pathogen that causes necrotic enteritis, mild diarrhea, clostridial myonecrosis or gas gangrene, sepsis, etc. In this study, we aim to...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:32
Published on: 2 June 2017
Genome Report
Vibrio campbellii is widely distributed in the marine environment and is an important pathogen of aquatic organisms such as shrimp, fish, and mollusks. An isolate of V. campbellii carr...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:31
Published on: 1 June 2017
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Shiga toxin (Stx) producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) (STEC) is the most frequent cause of diarrhoea-positive haemolytic uraemic syndrome (D + HUS) in humans. In 2011, a huge outbreak with an STEC O104:H4 strain...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:30
Published on: 25 May 2017
Genome Report
Bacillus cereus is well known as a gastrointestinal pathogen that causes food-borne illness. In the present study, we sequenced the complete genome of B. cereus FORC_013 isolated from ...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:29
Published on: 15 May 2017
Review
There is a growing concern about the increase in human morbidity and mortality caused by foodborne pathogens. Antibiotics were and still are used as the first line of defense against these pathogens, but an in...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:28
Published on: 8 May 2017
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Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disorder resulting from an interaction between diet, genome and immunity. The treatment of CoeD is lifelong adherence to a gluten free diet, which is associated with clinical a...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:26
Published on: 5 May 2017
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In 2007, a nationwide Salmonella Tennessee outbreak occurred via contaminated peanut butter. Here, we developed a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-typing method for S. Tennessee to determine the clonal subtyp...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:25
Published on: 1 May 2017
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Bifidobacterium longum 105-A produces markedly high amounts of capsular polysaccharides (CPS) and exopolysaccharides (EPS) that should play distinct roles in bacterial–host interaction...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:27
Published on: 1 May 2017
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Ruminants serve as one of the most important reservoirs for pathogenic Escherichia coli. Infection with E. coli, a foodborne enteropathogen, can lead to asymptomatic infections that can cause life-threatening com...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:24
Published on: 28 April 2017
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Rotavirus (RV) induces diarrhoea through a sequence of enterotoxic and cytotoxic effects. The former are NSP4-dependent, induce calcium-dependent chloride secretion and involve oxidative stress. Diosmectite (D...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:23
Published on: 24 April 2017
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Enterococcus faecalis, generally considered as a saprophytic bowel commensal, has recently emerged as an important nosocomial pathogen causing severe urinary tract infections, surgical...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:20
Published on: 21 April 2017
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As a primary source of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection, cattle are often targeted to develop strategies for reducing STEC contamination. Monitoring the virulence potentials of STEC isolate...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:22
Published on: 21 April 2017
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Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with risk for chronic gastritis (CG), gastric ulcer (GU), duodenal ulcer (DU), and gastric cancer (GC). The H. pylori Cag type IV secretion ...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:21
Published on: 21 April 2017
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The gut of human harbors diverse commensal microbiota performing an array of beneficial role for the hosts. In the present study, the major commensal gut bacteria isolated by culturing methods from 15 children...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:19
Published on: 20 April 2017
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The vacA, cagA and babA2 genotypes of Helicobacter pylori are associated with gastric pathology. The objectives were to determine the frequency of infection and distribution of the vacA, cagA and babA2 genotypes ...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:18
Published on: 13 April 2017
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The incidence of human Campylobacter jejuni infections is progressively increasing worldwide. Probiotic compounds might open up valuable tools to decrease pathogen burden and subsequent pro-inflammatory immune re...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:17
Published on: 11 April 2017
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There are multiple etiologies responsible for infectious gastroenteritis causing acute diarrhea which are often under diagnosed. Also acute diarrhea is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality among ...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:16
Published on: 11 April 2017
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Escherichia coli, the gastrointestinal commensal, is also known to cause ocular infections such as conjunctivitis, keratitis and endophthalmitis. These infections are normally resolved...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:15
Published on: 3 April 2017
Research
Helicobacter pylori, colonize in stomach of ~50% of the world population. cag pathogenicity Island of H. pylori is one of the important virulent factors that attributed to gastric infl...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:14
Published on: 9 March 2017
Commentary
“Dysbiosis” in the gut microbiome has been implicated in auto-immune diseases, in inflammatory diseases, in some cancers and mental disorders. The challenge is to unravel the cellular and molecular basis of dy...
Gut Pathogens 2017 9:13
Published on: 7 March 2017
