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 {| ESCHERICHIA COLI

This bacterium is commonly found in the human and other animals’ intestine. It can be pathogenic when the bacterium contaminates food and this food is eaten. The symptoms can be diarrhea, vomiting, and fever. One strain of E. coli, called E. coli O157:H7 or enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) is very dangerous and it causes bloody diarrhea. This strain can result in kidney failure by the effect of a toxin.
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