E. coli infection
Gut bacteria sickness
E. coli infection is illness caused by certain strains of Escherichia coli bacteria.
Most E. coli are harmless gut inhabitants, but pathogenic strains cause food poisoning with symptoms ranging from diarrhea to severe bloody stools and kidney failure.
Contaminated ground beef, raw produce, and unpasteurized milk are common sources: The outbreak was traced to an E. coli infection from tainted lettuce.
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- diarrheaFrequent liquid bowel movements
- food poisoningSickness from contaminated eating
- food safetyIllness prevention through handling
- public healthCommunity-level disease prevention
contaminated · stomach · stomach bug · cramps · nausea · vomiting · fever · dehydration · raw · undercooked · boil water advisory · lettuce · spinach · ground beef · outbreak · fecal · intestinal · bloody
- Gut Infectionsgastroenteritis, food poisoning, dysentery, traveler's diarrhea, enteritis
- Hospital InfectionsMRSA, superbug, superinfection, antibiotic resistance
- Blood Infectionsbacteremia, sepsis, septicemia, blood poisoning, viremia
- Gram-Negative BacteriaSalmonella, Pseudomonas, Proteus, outer membrane, endotoxin
- Perinatal Infectionscongenital syphilis, listeriosis, toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus, hepatitis B
E. coli infectionviral infection
Disease caused by microbes
parasitic infection · fungal infection · influenza · malaria · COVID-19
E. coli infectionsterility
Absence of microbes or fertility
wellness · perfect health · health · gut health · uninfected
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