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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2012

Escherichia coli O157:H7-Clinical aspects and novel treatment approaches.

Elias A Rahal, Natalie Kazzi, Farah J Nassar, Ghassan M Matar

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Elias A RahalFaculty of Medicine, Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon.
Natalie Kazzi
Farah J Nassar
Ghassan M Matar

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a notorious pathogen often contracted by intake of contaminated water or food. Infection with this agent is associated with a broad spectrum of illness ranging from mild diarrhea and hemorrhagic colitis to the potentially fatal hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Treating E. coli O157:H7 infection with antimicrobial agents is associated with an increased risk of severe sequelae such as HUS. The difficulty in treating this bacterium using conventional modalities of antimicrobial agent administration has sparked an interest in investigating new therapeutic approaches to this bacterium. These approaches have included the use of probiotic agents and natural products with variable success rates. In addition, novel modalities and regimen of antimicrobial agent administration have been assessed in an attempt at decreasing their association with aggravating infection outcomes.

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Anti-Infective AgentsBiological ProductsDiarrheaEscherichia coli InfectionsEscherichia coli O157Hemolytic-Uremic SyndromeHumansProbioticsTreatment OutcomeAnti-Infective AgentsBiological Productsantimicrobial chemotherapyEscherichia coli O157:H7hemolytic uremic syndromehemorrhagic colitisshiga toxins

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PMID23162800
PMCPMC3498739

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