Table 1

Enteric toxins

Toxins that activate enterocyte signal pathways
Cyclic AMP
    Cholera toxin (CT)
    Heat labile Escherichia coli enterotoxin (LT)
    Salmonella enterotoxin
    Campylobacter jejuni enterotoxin
    Pseudomonas aeruginosa enterotoxin
    Shigella dysenteriae enterotoxin
Cyclic GMP
    Heat stable Escherichia coli enterotoxin (ST)
    Yersinia enterocolitica ST I and ST II enterotoxins
    Yersiniabercovieri enterotoxin
    Klebsiella pneumoniae enterotoxin
    Heat stable Vibrio cholerae non-O1 enterotoxin
    Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli heat stable enterotoxin (EAST1)
Calcium
    Clostridium difficile enterotoxin
    Ciguatera enterotoxin
    Cryptosporidium enterotoxin
    Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin
    Vibrio parahaemolyticus thermostable direct haemolysin (TDH)
Nitric oxide
    Shigella flexneri 2a Shigella enterotoxin 1 (ShET1)
Pore forming toxins
Clostridium perfrigens enterotoxin (CPE)
Staphylococcus aureus α toxin
Vibrio cholerae cytolysin (CTC)
Toxins blocking protein synthesis
Shigella dysenteriae Shiga toxin
EHEC Shiga like toxin 1 (SLT 1) and 2 (SLT 2)
Toxin inducing protein synthesis
Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin A
EAggEC toxin
Toxins affecting the enterocyte cytoskeleton
Clostridium difficile toxin A and B
Clostridium sordelli toxin
Clostridium botulinum C2 and C3 toxins
Escherichia coli cytotoxic necrotising factor 1 (CNF 1)
Campylobacter jejuni cytolethal distending toxin
Vibrio cholerae Zonula occludens toxin (Zot)
EAggEC plasmid encoded protein (PET)
Bacteroides fragilis toxin (BFT)
Vibrio parahaemolyticus thermostable direct haemolysin (TDH)