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Is there any connection between e.coli and o157:h7?
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Yes: Serotype o157:h7 is one of a great number of serotypes of e. Coli. O is the somatic antigen and h is the flagella antigen. This serotype is one of the enterohemorrhagic pathotypes that can cause bloody diarrhea, hemolytic anemia and kidney failure.
Answered 12/8/2017
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