Pathogenic escherichia coli : molecular and cellular microbiology / edited by Stefano Morabito, EU Reference Libaoratory ofr E. coli, Instituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli infections in humans / Rosangela Tozzoli and Flemming Scheutz -- Pathogenic Escherichia coli in domestic mammals and birds / Jacques G. Mainil and John M. Fairbrother -- Genomic plasticity and the emergence of new pathogenic Escherichia coli / Shana R. Leopold [and others] -- Shiga toxin-encoding phages : multifunctional gene ferries / Maite Muniesa and Herbert Schmidt -- Shiga toxins / Samuel Juillot and Winifried Römer -- Escherichia coli subtilase cytotoxin : structure, function and role in disease / Adrienne W. Paton [and others] -- Cell cycle modulating toxins produced by Escherichia coli / István Tóth and Domonkos Sváb -- The heat-stable and heat-labile enterotoxins produced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli / Sascha Kopic, Ahmad Saleh, and John P. Geibel -- Haemolysins / Bernt E. Uhlin, Jan Oscarsson, and Sun N. Wai -- Structural, molecular, and functional characteristics of attaching and effacing lesions / H.T. Law and Julian A. Guttman -- Colonization factor antigens of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli / Felipe Del Canto and Alfredo G. Torres -- Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli and disease / Nadia Boisen, James P. Nataro, and Karen A. Krogfelt -- Host cell invasion by pathogenic Escherichia coli / Adam J. Lewis [and others] -- Vaccines against enteric Escherichia coli infections in animals / Eric Cox [and others] -- Perspective of use of vaccines for preventing enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhoea in humans / Weiping Zhang.

This book reviews the most important recent findings of the studies on pathogenic E. coli providing a timely overview of the field. Topics covered include: epidemiology of the disease in humans and animals and the biological mechanisms that shaped the pathogenic types of E. coli; shiga toxins; subtilase cytotoxin; cell cycle modulating toxins; the heat stable and heat labile enterotoxins; haemolysins; structural, molecular and functional characteristics of A/E lesions; colonization factor antigens of ETEC; enteroaggregative adhesion; host cell invasion; and the development of vaccinal strategi.

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