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==Overview==
==Overview==
Theodor Escherich, a German physician, was the first to grow cultures of ''E. coli'' in 1885. The first pathogenic ''E. coli'' strain described was enteropathogenic ''E. coli'' (EPEC). The infection was reported in 1945 following outbreaks of infant diarrhea in the United Kingdom.<ref name=EcoliUK>{{cite journal |last=Bray |first=J |date=1945 |title=Isolation of antigenically homogeneous strains of Bacterium coli neapolitanum from summer diarrhoea of infants |journal=J of Pathol Bacteriol|volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=239-47 |access-date=16 December 2015}}</ref>
Theodor Escherich, a German [[physician]], was the first to grow [[Growth medium|cultures]] of ''[[Escherichia coli|E. coli]]'' in 1885. The first [[Pathogen|pathogenic]] ''[[Escherichia coli|E. coli]]'' [[Strain (biology)|strain]] described was [[Enteropathogenic E. coli|enteropathogenic ''E. coli'' (EPEC)]]. The [[infection]] was reported in 1945 following [[Outbreak|outbreaks]] of [[infant]] [[diarrhea]] in the United Kingdom.<ref name="EcoliUK">{{cite journal |last=Bray |first=J |date=1945 |title=Isolation of antigenically homogeneous strains of Bacterium coli neapolitanum from summer diarrhoea of infants |journal=J of Pathol Bacteriol|volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=239-47 |access-date=16 December 2015}}</ref>
==Historical Perspective==
==Historical Perspective==
*Theodor Escherich, a German physician, was the first to grow cultures of ''E. coli'' in 1885.
*Theodor Escherich, a German [[physician]], was the first to grow [[Growth medium|cultures]] of ''[[Escherichia coli|E. coli]]'' in 1885.
*Prior to reports of pathogenicity, all strains of ''E. coli'' were first thought to be part of the normal flora. The first pathogenic ''E. coli'' strain described was enteropathogenic ''E. coli'' (EPEC). The infection was reported in 1945 following outbreaks of infant diarrhea in the United Kingdom.<ref name=EcoliUK>{{cite journal |last=Bray |first=J |date=1945 |title=Isolation of antigenically homogeneous strains of Bacterium coli neapolitanum from summer diarrhoea of infants |journal=J of Pathol Bacteriol|volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=239-47 |access-date=16 December 2015}}</ref>
*Prior to reports of [[Pathogen|pathogenicity]], all [[Strain (biology)|strains]] of ''[[Escherichia coli|E. coli]]'' were first thought to be part of the [[Human flora|normal flora]]. The first [[Pathogen|pathogenic]] ''[[Escherichia coli|E. coli]]'' [[Strain (biology)|strain]] described was [[Enteropathogenic E. coli|enteropathogenic ''E. coli'' (EPEC)]]. The [[infection]] was reported in 1945 following [[Outbreak|outbreaks]] of [[infant]] [[diarrhea]] in the United Kingdom.<ref name="EcoliUK">{{cite journal |last=Bray |first=J |date=1945 |title=Isolation of antigenically homogeneous strains of Bacterium coli neapolitanum from summer diarrhoea of infants |journal=J of Pathol Bacteriol|volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=239-47 |access-date=16 December 2015}}</ref>
*The majority of advances in understanding the pathogenesis of enteropathogenic E. coli infection were made in the late 1970s / early 1980s.<ref name="pmid25187729">{{cite journal| author=Pennington TH| title=E. coli O157 outbreaks in the United Kingdom: past, present, and future. | journal=Infect Drug Resist | year= 2014 | volume= 7 | issue=  | pages= 211-22 | pmid=25187729 | doi=10.2147/IDR.S49081 | pmc=PMC4149388 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25187729  }} </ref>
*The majority of advances in understanding the [[pathogenesis]] of [[enteropathogenic E. coli]] [[infection]] were made in the late 1970s / early 1980s.<ref name="pmid25187729">{{cite journal| author=Pennington TH| title=E. coli O157 outbreaks in the United Kingdom: past, present, and future. | journal=Infect Drug Resist | year= 2014 | volume= 7 | issue=  | pages= 211-22 | pmid=25187729 | doi=10.2147/IDR.S49081 | pmc=PMC4149388 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25187729  }} </ref>
*Subsequently, other pathogenic ''E. coli'' strains were described in the early 1980s: EHEC (enterohemorrhagic) then ETEC (enterotoxicogenic) then EIEC (enteroinvasive) and finally DAEC (diffusely adherent).<ref name="pmid25187729">{{cite journal| author=Pennington TH| title=E. coli O157 outbreaks in the United Kingdom: past, present, and future. | journal=Infect Drug Resist | year= 2014 | volume= 7 | issue=  | pages= 211-22 | pmid=25187729 | doi=10.2147/IDR.S49081 | pmc=PMC4149388 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25187729  }} </ref>
*Subsequently, other [[Pathogen|pathogenic]] ''[[Escherichia coli|E. coli]]'' [[Strain (biology)|strains]] were described in the early 1980s: [[Enterohemorrhagic escherichica coli|EHEC (enterohemorrhagic E. coli)]]<nowiki/>then [[Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli|ETEC (enterotoxicogenic E. coli)]] and then followed by [[Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli|EIEC (enteroinvasive E. coli)]] and finally DAEC (diffusely adherent [[Escherichia coli|E. coli]]).<ref name="pmid25187729">{{cite journal| author=Pennington TH| title=E. coli O157 outbreaks in the United Kingdom: past, present, and future. | journal=Infect Drug Resist | year= 2014 | volume= 7 | issue=  | pages= 211-22 | pmid=25187729 | doi=10.2147/IDR.S49081 | pmc=PMC4149388 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25187729  }} </ref>
==References==
==References==
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Theodor Escherich, a German physician, was the first to grow cultures of E. coli in 1885. The first pathogenic E. coli strain described was enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). The infection was reported in 1945 following outbreaks of infant diarrhea in the United Kingdom.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bray, J (1945). "Isolation of antigenically homogeneous strains of Bacterium coli neapolitanum from summer diarrhoea of infants". J of Pathol Bacteriol. 57 (2): 239–47. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Pennington TH (2014). "E. coli O157 outbreaks in the United Kingdom: past, present, and future". Infect Drug Resist. 7: 211–22. doi:10.2147/IDR.S49081. PMC 4149388. PMID 25187729.