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Can listeria cause oil in the stool? i ate lettuce that was recalled for listeria and a month later i have had oil in my stools for the past month.
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Stool culture needed: Steatorrhea has many causes : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steatorrhea#Associated_diseases Bacterial overgrowth is one of them, though listeria is low probability at this point (you would have many other symptoms: http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/definition.html).
Answered 11/28/2017
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