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Is e.coli a food-borne disease that gets in the body and produces toxins as they grow in your body?
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No, from gut.: E. Coli is an enteric bacteria, that is, it is found in your gut. It is also in the gut of many animals, so when meat is processed, it likely gets introduced through fecal contamination. Especially bad are the enteroinvasive kinds, like e. Coli o157:h7, that produce a dysentery syndrome, bacteremia, and sepsis. Often this is in contaminated meat, and uncooked meat, so cook meat thoroughly.
Answered 12/10/2012
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Perhaps: Some types of e. Coli produce enterotoxins that can cause of variety of effects in. The GI tract.
Answered 6/10/2014
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