Baicalin Protects Mice from Lethal Infection by Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 poses grave challenges to public health by its ability to cause severe colonic diseases and renal failure in both human and animals. Shiga-like toxins are the major pathogenic factor for some highly virulent E. coli expecially Shiga-like tox...

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Main Authors: Yong Zhang, Zhimin Qi, Yan Liu, Wenqi He, Cheng Yang, Quan Wang, Jing Dong, Xuming Deng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00395/full