α-hemolysin (HlyA) is expressed by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) and is a member of the RTX protein family – a class of toxins that is widely distributed across bacterial phyla.

coli infections specific to dogs and poultry. The E. coli in question -- uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) and avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) -- cause urinary tract infections in dogs and bloodstream ...

Urinary tract infections are both very common and potentially very dangerous. Around 80 per cent of UTIs are caused by uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), which is increasingly resistant to antibiotics.

The researchers further discovered that uropathogenic E.coli strains —that cause 80 percent of all UTIs— and the archetypal E. coli strain UTI89 were found to produce colibactin.

coli colonization prior to recurrent UTIs in women. Mouse models suggest that uropathogenic E. coli can invade, persist in, and re-emerge from bladder epithelial cells to cause recurrent UTIs.

Researchers at Lund University have made the surprising discovery that uropathogenic E. coli deplete c-MYC protein from infected cells and tissues as a result of accelerated c-MYC protein ...

More information: Veronika L Tchesnokova et al, Pandemic uropathogenic fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli have enhanced ability to persist in the gut and cause bacteriuria in healthy women ...

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

coli." More information: Grayson K. Walker et al, Canine uropathogenic and avian pathogenic Escherichia coli harboring conjugative plasmids exhibit augmented growth and exopolysaccharide ...