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Descriptor
English
:
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Escherichia coli Enterohemorrágica
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Escherichia coli Êntero-Hemorrágica
Synonyms
English
:
E coli, Enterohemorrhagic
EHEC
Enterohemorrhagic E coli
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli
Escherichia coli, Enterohemorrhagic
Tree Number:
B03.440.450.425.325.300.800.250
B03.660.250.150.180.100.800.250
Definition
English
:
Strains of
ESCHERICHIA COLI
that are a subgroup of
SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI
. They cause non-bloody and bloody
DIARRHEA
; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC
SYNDROME
; and hemorrhagic
COLITIS
. An important member of this subgroup is
ESCHERICHIA COLI
O157-H7.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
infection: coordinate IM with
ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS
(IM); consider also HEMOLYTIC UREMIC
SYNDROME
History Note
English
:
2008; use ESCHERICHIA COLI O157 1999-2007
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IP
isolation & purification
ME
metabolism
PY
pathogenicity
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
52552
Unique Identifier:
D054324
Occurrence in VHL
:
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