Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infections and the hemolytic-uremic syndrome
AV Page, WC Liles - Medical Clinics, 2013 - medical.theclinics.com
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC; Shiga toxin/verotoxin-producing E. coli) is well
known to the public as a potentially serious cause of infectious diarrhea based on several
recent and well-publicized outbreaks associated with contaminated food sources. Whereas
uncomplicated bloody diarrhea is the typical outcome of a Shiga toxin–producing E. coli
infection, some patients progress to life-threatening
known to the public as a potentially serious cause of infectious diarrhea based on several
recent and well-publicized outbreaks associated with contaminated food sources. Whereas
uncomplicated bloody diarrhea is the typical outcome of a Shiga toxin–producing E. coli
infection, some patients progress to life-threatening
