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  1. Vibrio cholerae is the causative organism of waterborne disease, cholera. V. cholerae has caused many epidemics and pandemics of cholera for many years. In this study, V. cholerae recovered from edible ice were i...

    Authors: Diana E Waturangi, Ignasius Joanito, Yogiara Yogi and Sabu Thomas
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2012 4:2
  2. Our understanding of the role of the microbiota in our gut and other sites in our body is rapidly emerging and could lead to many new and innovative approaches for health care. The promise of the potential rol...

    Authors: Neerja Hajela, G Balakrish Nair, Philip Abraham and Nirmal K Ganguly
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2012 4:1
  3. We report an ongoing outbreak of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease in Forest, Virginia involving 15 unrelated children and teenagers who resided in close proximity to dairy farms. Some of our cases demons...

    Authors: Ellen S Pierce, Stephen M Borowitz and Saleh A Naser
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:20
  4. We investigated the interaction of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, M. bovis and M. tuberculosis and different glial cells (enteric glial and microglial cells) in order to evaluate the infecting a...

    Authors: Sara Cannas, Paola Molicotti, Alessandra Bua, Donatella Usai, Leonardo A Sechi, Antonio M Scanu, Elisabetta Blasi and Stefania Zanetti
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:19
  5. Ruminants, in particular bovines, are the primary reservoir of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), but whole genome analyses of the current German ESBL-producing O104:H4 outbreak strain of sequence type (ST) 67...

    Authors: Lothar H Wieler, Torsten Semmler, Inga Eichhorn, Esther M Antao, Bianca Kinnemann, Lutz Geue, Helge Karch, Sebastian Guenther and Astrid Bethe
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:17
  6. Probiotics have beneficial effects in rodent models of Clostridium difficile (C. diffiicle)-induced colitis. The spore forming probiotic strain Bacillus Coagulans GBI-30, 6086 (BC30) has demonstrated anti-inflamm...

    Authors: Leo R Fitzpatrick, Jeffrey S Small, Wallace H Greene, Kelly D Karpa and David Keller
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:16
  7. Several studies have shown that significant genotypic heterogeneity exists among Campylobacter concisus strains. Recently, the genome of C. concisus UNSWCD, isolated from a patient with Crohn's disease, was seque...

    Authors: Nadeem O Kaakoush, Nandan P Deshpande, Marc R Wilkins, Mark J Raftery, Karolina Janitz and Hazel Mitchell
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:15
  8. The development of efficacious alternatives to antimicrobial growth promoters (AGP) in livestock production is an urgent issue, but is hampered by a lack of knowledge regarding the mode of action of AGP. The b...

    Authors: Estela Costa, Richard RE Uwiera, John P Kastelic, L Brent Selinger and G Douglas Inglis
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:14
  9. The spread of aac(6')-Ib-cr plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants was evaluated in 197 enterobacterial isolates recovered in an Italian teaching hospital. The aac(6')-Ib-cr gene was found exclusively...

    Authors: Ilaria Frasson, Antonietta Cavallaro, Cristina Bergo, Sara N Richter and Giorgio Palù
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:12
  10. Campylobacter jejuni, a gram-negative bacterium, is a frequent cause of gastrointestinal food-borne illness in humans throughout the world. There are several reports that the virulence of C. jejuni might be modul...

    Authors: Piyarat Pootong, Oralak Serichantalergs, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Frédéric Poly, Patricia Guerry and Carl J Mason
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:11
  11. Contamination from fecal bacteria in recreational waters is a major health concern since bacteria capable of causing human disease can be found in animal feces. The Dog Beach area of Ocean Beach in San Diego, ...

    Authors: Veronica Casas, Gerico Sobrepeña, Beltran Rodriguez-Mueller, Justine AhTye and Stanley R Maloy
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:10
  12. Apart from localized gastrointestinal infections, Escherichia coli and Salmonella species are major causes of systemic disease in both humans and animals. Salmonella spp. cause invasive infections such as enteric...

    Authors: Mary A Bisi-Johnson, Chikwelu L Obi, Sandeep D Vasaikar, Kamaldeen A Baba and Toshio Hattori
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:9
  13. Recent research on obesity has demonstrated that the intestinal microflora can have an important influence on host energy balance. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the intestina...

    Authors: Carl Vael, Stijn L Verhulst, Vera Nelen, Herman Goossens and Kristine N Desager
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:8
  14. Malnutrition, a major health problem, affects a significant proportion of preschool children in developing countries. The devastating consequences of malnutrition include diarrhoea, malabsorption, increased in...

    Authors: Sourav Sen Gupta, Monzoorul Haque Mohammed, Tarini Shankar Ghosh, Suman Kanungo, Gopinath Balakrish Nair and Sharmila S Mande
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:7
  15. Helicobacter pylori is an important agent of gastroduodenal disease in Africa and throughout the world. We sought to determine an optimum method for genotyping H. pylori strains from children and adults in The Ga...

    Authors: Ousman Secka, Martin Antonio, Mary Tapgun, Douglas E Berg, Christian Bottomley, Vivat Thomas, Robert Walton, Tumani Corrah, Richard A Adegbola and Julian E Thomas
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:5
  16. Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) are important diarrhoeal pathogens that are defined by a HEp-2 adherence assay performed in specialist laboratories. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) has revealed that a...

    Authors: Iruka N Okeke, Louissa R Macfarlane-Smith, Jonathan N Fletcher and Anna M Snelling
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:4
  17. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a micro-aerophilic, spiral-shaped, motile bacterium that is the principal cause of gastric and duodenal ulcers in humans and is a major risk factor for the development of gastri...

    Authors: Glenn N Borlace, Hilary F Jones, Stacey J Keep, Ross N Butler and Doug A Brooks
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2011 3:3
  18. The intestinal microbiota plays an important role in immune development and homeostasis. A disturbed microbiota during early infancy is associated with an increased risk of developing inflammatory and allergic...

    Authors: Paul V Licciardi, Sook-San Wong, Mimi LK Tang and Tom C Karagiannis
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:24
  19. Egg-associated transmission to humans seems to be characteristic of the Salmonella serotype Enteritidis, explaining why this particular serotype has caused a worldwide pandemic since the mid '80s. Salmonella Ente...

    Authors: Filip Van Immerseel
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:23
  20. Campylobacter jejuni is a significant cause of bacterial enteritis worldwide. Very little is known about the pathogenicity mechanisms and virulence factors of this important enteropathogen. C. jejuni isolates fro...

    Authors: Benjamin Feodoroff, Patrik Ellström, Heidi Hyytiäinen, Seppo Sarna, Marja-Liisa Hänninen and Hilpi Rautelin
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:22
  21. Recent studies have suggested a role for an altered intestinal microbiota in the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). However, no consensus has been reached regarding the association between spec...

    Authors: Ian M Carroll, Young-Hyo Chang, Jiwon Park, R Balfour Sartor and Yehuda Ringel
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:19
  22. Shigella is a frequent cause of bacterial dysentery in the developing world. Treatment with effective antibiotics is recommended for shigellosis, but options become limited due to globally emerging resistance....

    Authors: Ruslan S Madiyarov, Amir M Bektemirov, Gulnara A Ibadova, Gulnara K Abdukhalilova, Aybek V Khodiev, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Orntipa Sethabutr and Carl J Mason
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:18
  23. A total of 225 isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium from food-producing animals collected between 2003 and 2007 were examined for the prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) dete...

    Authors: Tetsuo Asai, Chizuru Sato, Kaori Masani, Masaru Usui, Manao Ozawa, Tomoe Ogino, Hiroshi Aoki, Takuo Sawada, Hidemasa Izumiya and Haruo Watanabe
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:17
  24. Pseudomonas fluorescens has long been considered as a psychrotrophic microorganism. Recently, we have shown that clinical strains of P. fluorescens (biovar 1) are able to adapt at a growth temperature of 37°C or ...

    Authors: Amar Madi, Pascal Svinareff, Nicole Orange, Marc GJ Feuilloley and Nathalie Connil
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:16
  25. Campylobacter jejuni is a major cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. In Thailand, several strains of C. jejuni have been isolated and identified as major diarrheal pathogens among adult travelers. To study the epi...

    Authors: Oralak Serichantalergs, Piyarat Pootong, Anders Dalsgaard, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Patricia Guerry, David R Tribble, Sinn Anuras and Carl J Mason
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:15
  26. Recent epidemiological analyses have implicated acute Campylobacter enteritis as a factor that may incite or exacerbate inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in susceptible individuals. We have demonstrated previously...

    Authors: Lisa D Kalischuk, Frances Leggett and G Douglas Inglis
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:14
  27. In 2005, the first disease-specific Helicobacter pylori virulence factor that induced duodenal ulcer and had a suppressive action on gastric cancer has been identified, and was named duodenal ulcer promoting gene...

    Authors: Seiji Shiota, Osamu Matsunari, Masahide Watada, Katsuhiro Hanada and Yoshio Yamaoka
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:13
  28. Entamoeba histolytica infection is found almost all over the world and is highly endemic and a major cause of parasitic diarrhoea particularly in the developing countries.

    Authors: Avik K Mukherjee, Kaushik Das, Mihir K Bhattacharya, Tomoyoshi Nozaki and Sandipan Ganguly
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:12
  29. Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) causes a chronic gastroenteritis affecting many species. Johne's disease is one of the most widespread and economically important disease of ruminants. Since 1992...

    Authors: Pierre E Douarre, William Cashman, Jim Buckley, Aidan Coffey and Jim M O'Mahony
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:11
  30. Neopterin is produced by human macrophages/monocytes when stimulated with interferon-gamma. Production of neopterin is found in serum, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and urine of patients with infections by viruses...

    Authors: Kirnpal-Kaur Banga Singh, WA Wan-Nurfahizul-Izzati and Asma Ismail
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:9
  31. A successful infection of the human intestine by enteropathogenic bacteria depends on the ability of bacteria to attach and colonize the intestinal epithelium and, in some cases, to invade the host cell, survi...

    Authors: Roberta Souza dos Reis and Fabiana Horn
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:8
  32. Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are an important cause of human gastro-enteritis and extraintestinal sequelae, with ruminants, especially cattle, as the major source of infection and reservoir. In t...

    Authors: Andrea Menrath, Lothar H Wieler, Katrin Heidemanns, Torsten Semmler, Angelika Fruth and Nicole Kemper
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:7
  33. This study was conducted to determine the etiology of diarrhoea in a hospital setting in Kolkata. Active surveillance was conducted for 2 years on two random days per week by enrolling every fifth diarrhoeal p...

    Authors: Gopinath Balakrish Nair, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Mihir Kumar Bhattacharya, Triveni Krishnan, Sandipan Ganguly, Dhira Rani Saha, Krishnan Rajendran, Byomkesh Manna, Mrinmoy Ghosh, Keinosuke Okamoto and Yoshifumi Takeda
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:4
  34. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) represents a functional disorder of gastrointestinal tract without the presence of an anatomic defect, in which abdominal pain is relieved with defecation and is associated with ...

    Authors: Theodoros Karantanos, Theofano Markoutsaki, Maria Gazouli, Nicholas P Anagnou and Dimitrios G Karamanolis
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:3
  35. Helicobacter pylori is one of the human pathogens with highest prevalence around the world; yet, its principal mode of transmission remains largely unknown. The role of H. pylori in gastric disease and cancer has...

    Authors: Mohammed Mahdy Khalifa, Radwa Raed Sharaf and Ramy Karam Aziz
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2010 2:2
  36. Antibiotic therapy targeting chronic mycobacterial disease is often ineffective due to problems with the emergence of drug resistance and non-replicating persistent intracellular antibiotic resistant phenotype...

    Authors: Tim J Bull, Richard Linedale, Jason Hinds and John Hermon-Taylor
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2009 1:25
  37. Helicobacter pylori is a well known inhabitant of human stomach which is linked to peptic ulcer disease and gastric adenocarcinoma. It was recently shown in several studies that H. pylori can be harnessed as a su...

    Authors: Niyaz Ahmed, Shivendra Tenguria and Nishant Nandanwar
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2009 1:24
  38. While seven penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) or PBP-like proteins have been identified either by radiolabelled penicillin binding studies or genomic analysis, only PBP3 has been considered of interest for Be...

    Authors: Sébastien Van de Velde, Stéphane Carryn, Françoise Van Bambeke, Colin Hill, Paul M Tulkens and Roy D Sleator
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2009 1:23