title: Review of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and their significance in dairy production.
abstract: The involvement of the pathogenic Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC; also called verocytotoxic-producing E. coli or VTEC) in sporadic cases and disease outbreaks is presently increasing. Infrequent cases are due to ingestion of milk and dairy products. As ruminants are healthy carriers of STEC and most dairy products may provide these bacteria with favourable conditions for their growth, milk and dairy products are a potential source of STEC. But not all STEC serotypes are pathogens; only relatively small numbers in the entire family of STEC are pathogenic. This review focuses on the recent advances in understanding of STEC and their significance in milk and dairy products. It is intended to gather the information that is needed to understand how these bacteria are described, detected and characterised, how they contaminate milk and grow in dairy products, and how the dairy industry can prevent them from affecting the consumer.
authors.affiliation: CNIEL- French Dairy Inter-branch Organisation, 42 rue de Chateaudun, FR-75009 Paris, France. cfarrokh@cniel.com
authors.forename: Choreh
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Farrokh
authors.forename: Kieran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Auvray
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.forename: Hanne
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oppegaard
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raynaud
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thevenot
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Condron
authors.forename: Koen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: De Reu
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Govaris
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heggum
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heyndrickx
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hummerjohann
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lindsay
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miszczycha
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moussiegt
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Verstraete
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cerf
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003611:Dairy Products / Q000382:microbiology*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D050296:Microbial Viability; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D037521:Virulence Factors