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Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli is a type of bacteria that normally lives in the intestines of humans and animals. Most forms of the bacteria are harmless, but some strains may cause severe abdominal cramps, bloody diarrhea, and vomiting. Most cases of infection are caused by contaminated raw vegetables and undercooked ground beef.
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A 42-year old female asked:
Is 100,000ML of Escherichia coli dangerous?
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What does a really heavy growth escherichia coli mean?
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What are functions of enteropathogenic escherichia coli?
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What human diseases are associated with escherichia coli?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Escherichia coli?
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What are the symptoms of escherichia coli infection?
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Escherichia coli in urine can it take sometime to clear up?
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Is escherichia coli and serratia marcescens the same thing ?
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A 42-year old asked:
Escherichia coli in urine how long does it take to clear up?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Can my dog transmit escherichia coli to my newborn baby? Or how can she get it?
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What is the endotoxin that causes the endotoxin or gram-negative shock of escherichia coli?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is it possible to know the gram stain reaction without doing a gram stain in escherichia coli?
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Can escherichia coli infection hurt babies?
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A 27-year old asked:
Explain the condition called an escherichia coli infection.?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Escherichia coli what i need to take? I jave this bacterium in my urinary system
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A 44-year old asked:
Can escherichia coli live in vagina and infect baby?
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A 34-year old female asked:
How bad is a urine culture: >100, 000 cfu/ml escherichia coli?
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A 44-year old asked:
How does green tea effect the growth of the enteropathogenic strain of escherichia coli?
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A 44-year old asked:
Can a heavy growth of escherichia coli get in your blood stream and cause septic shock?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Urine culture, routine value: >100, 000 cfu/ml escherichia coli, how do you know severity of infection?
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A 51-year old female asked:
Vag culture Escherichia coli & enterococcus pos! Does this mean I have a fistula i am scared as I have ocd of health issues ?
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A 25-year old female asked:
What is the relationship between escherichia coli and group b streptococcus (agalactiae)? Did i develop one from another? If so, which from which?
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A member asked:
Hello doctor. A lab result show that I have a heavy growth of Escherichia Coli after 24hrs of incubation at 37degreeC in the culture. Could you please explain this to me and the dangers/risk associated with it. Thank.
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Klebsiella, escherichia coli penis skin infection. What is possible reason, and what examinations do I need to do?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Is GBS a second cause of my UTI? culture results: 10,000 CFU/mL Streptococcus Group B, (S. agalactiae) AND >100,000 CFU/mL Escherichia coli
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A 77-year old female asked:
Should I be concerned about a urinalysis that showed negative nitrites and leukocytes, "none seen" bacteria but a culture showed 50,000-100,000 CFU/mL of Escherichia coli?
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A 61-year old female asked:
I'm on a five day course of macrobid for uti. Culture came back as greater than 100,000 cfu/no Escherichia coli. Is that significant? How soon after I finish the antibiotics should I repeat urinalysis? Feeling some better since being on antibiotics?
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What specialist should I see for my problem the urologist does not think anything is wrong i always have escherichia coli in my urine cultures. My right upper abd aches, no gallbladder and my back on the right side hurts. Ct shows a couple of calcificatio
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A 44-year old female asked:
On blood test bacteria +. Test name Escherichia Coli. >100000CGU/ML.What does this mean? Antiobiotic name. Ampicillin R. Ceftriaxone. S. Cefazolin.S.Bactrim.R.Gentamycin.S.Cipriflixacin.R. What do these mean?
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A 46-year old female asked:
Gynae says she thinks I could have chronic thrush and maybe even vag bacterium. I'm still on metronidazole. Which one is causing the burning of the vag? The lab result said scanty growth of escherichia coli. Which test confirms chronic or vag bacter?
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