**Meet the editor**

Dr. Amidou Samie is an associate professor of Microbiology at the University of Venda, in South Africa, where he graduated for his PhD in May 2008. He joined the Department of Microbiology the same year and has been giving lectures on topics covering parasitology, immunology, molecular biology and industrial microbiology. He is currently a rated researcher by the National

Research Foundation of South Africa at the category C2 and has published widely in the field of infectious diseases and graduated several MSc and PhD students. His research activities cover mostly topics in infectious diseases from epidemiology to control. His particular interest lies in the study of intestinal protozoan parasites and opportunistic infections among HIV patients as well as the potential impact of childhood diarrhea on growth and child development. He also conducts research on water-borne diseases and water quality and is involved in the evaluation of point of use water treatment technologies using nanoparticles from silver and copper in collaboration with the University of Virginia in the USA. He also studies the use of medicinal plants for the control of infectious diseases as well as antimicrobial drug resistance.

Contents

**Preface IX**

**Section 1 E. coli in Disease 1**

Barbara Kot

**Tract Infection 45** Timothy Kudinha

Wanda C. Reygaert

Sousa

**Gastrointestinal Tract 3**

Wiele and Stéphanie Blanquet‐Diot

Chapter 3 **The Pathogenesis of Escherichia coli Urinary**

**Function and Male Fertility 71**

Chapter 5 **Antimicrobial Mechanisms of Escherichia coli 81**

Chapter 1 **Enterotoxigenic and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli:**

**Survival and Modulation of Virulence in the Human**

Chapter 2 **Virulence Factors and Innovative Strategies for the Treatment and Control of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli 25**

Chapter 4 **Effect of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli on Human Sperm**

Chapter 6 **Antibiotic Resistance among Escherichia coli: Isolates and**

**Novel Approaches to the Control of E. coli Infections 99** Henrique C. Alves, Felipe de P. N. Cruz, Pamela C. P. de Assis, José D. C. Pessoa, Luis C. Trevelin, Angela M. de O. Leal and Cristina P. de

Juana V. Villegas, Rodrigo Boguen and Pamela Uribe

Charlène Roussel, Charlotte Cordonnier, Valérie Livrelli, Tom Van de
