Swiss biotech start-up Baxiva AG will receive $3 million to develop a multivalent glycoconjugate vaccine that targets ...

Update on extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli vaccine phase 3 clinical study Independent interim analysis of the E.mbrace phase 3 study finds that the vaccine candidate didn’t demonstrate ...

New Zealand has reported E. coli, Clostridium perfringens and Vibrio outbreaks in recent months. An outbreak of acute ...

The E. coli in question – uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) and avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) – cause urinary tract infections in dogs and bloodstream infections in poultry, respectively.

A dendrogram based on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) revealed that, in a majority of the cases, the pathogenic E. coli isolated from urine and vagina were highly similar or identical.

The colonies of Escherichia coli sitting in this petri dish become pathogenic when they carry Shiga toxin genes. Credit: Shutterstock “We’re essentially converting a pathogenic strain into a ...

Other illnesses: In rare cases, E. coli can cause more serious conditions like kidney failure or meningitis. The strain of E. coli in the current outbreak, called O157:H7, is a nasty one.

E. coli linked to McDonald's burgers has sickened people in 13 states, including Colorado, Montana and Oregon, and illnesses started between Sept. 27 and Oct. 16, officials said.