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Characterization of Heat Resistant Escherichia coli Isolates Associated with Human Infection
DownloadSpring 2021
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a bacterial pathogen associated with foodborne diarrheal disease. Infection with STEC presents as a mild, watery diarrhea to hemorrhagic colitis and can progress to the life-threatening complication, hemolytic uremic syndrome. Cattle are recognized...
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Spring 2020
Group B Streptococci (GBS) is the leading cause of invasive diseases in neonates, pregnant women and non-pregnant adult. In order to cause invasive disease, GBS encodes several virulence factors that are involved in the disease process. One such factor is the moonlighting glycolytic enzyme,...
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Group A Streptococcus (GAS): its surface phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) and recent epidemiology in Alberta
DownloadFall 2017
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a bacterium that causes diseases such as pharyngitis, acute rheumatic fever and invasive disease. In Alberta, the invasive GAS incidence rate has increased from 4.77/100 000 (2010) to 7.69/100 000 (2016). GAS emm 1 and 59 were...
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Mutant Group B Streptococcus surface expressed Phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) with reduced plasminogen binding
DownloadSpring 2014
Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a Gram-positive streptococcus bacterium that can cause severe invasive disease in the human neonate. This can manifest as pneumonia, septicemia and meningitis. While antibiotic prophylaxis has reduced the incidence GBS disease in the neonatal population, it is still...