A stool culture for campylobacter species, shigella species, and enterovirus was negative, as was testing of a stool specimen for Shiga toxin. A radiograph showed mild soft-tissue swelling over ...

Shiga toxin producing strains of E coli ... The risk of HUS is highest in children aged less than five years. Shigella Shigella bacteria can contaminate any food that has been washed in ...

In my role, I oversee food testing including our food emergency response network and FDA food testing, enteric testing including Shiga toxin producing E. coli, Shigella and Salmonella among many other ...

A: Animal; ACE: Accessory cholera enterotoxin; H: Human; ZOT: Zonula occludens toxin.

Tasty "ekiben" offerings from a longtime Shiga Prefecture company that were once popular at train stations around Japan are nearing the end of the line. The boxed lunch meals enjoyed by ...

NAGANO, Japan -- Shiga Kogen Mountain Resort, located in the town of Yamanouchi in Japan's Nagano prefecture, aims to attract foreign visitors for longer stays. This winter, a growing number of ...

Eleven people have been sickened in a severe Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreak in France linked to raw milk cheese. Nine hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) cases in adults have been ...

Toronto Public Health says there are at least 11 confirmed cases of Shigella infection, all among those experiencing homelessness. Shigella infections are preventable through simple hygiene ...

Toxins Crossing the Intestinal Barrier & Targeting a Remote Organ or Tissue Bacterial toxins produced in the digestive tract, in addition to their effects on the gastrointestinal mucosa, may be ...

If you use protein powder as part of your health routine, you might want to consider just what you're using and its possible health risks. Of the products tested, 47 percent exceeded at least ...

In the Calgary samples, researchers found toxin levels nearly doubled when smoke from fires in neighbouring Saskatchewan arrived from about 500 kilometres away. There were no other large-scale ...