E.coli infection (Escherichia coli)

What Is E.coli infection (Escherichia coli) ?



What is E.coli infection?
It is defined as intestinal infection that results severe diarrhoea and dysentery, sometimes it resides outside intestine and creates pneumonia and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

It is caused due to unpasteurized milk, contaminated food and water.

What are the types of E.coli infection?
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
It is also known as traveler’s diarrhea, which is usually caused due to food and water prepared under poor sanitation.

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli 
It oftens occurred in nurseries and day cares leads to watery diarrhea in children.

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli 
It is a acute diarrhea that occurs without fever.

EnteroinvasiveEscherichia coli 
It is caused due to unpasteurized milk, meat which are not well cooked and vegetables that are contaminated.


Diffusely adherentEscherichia coli 

It is less common and causes vomiting and diarrhea in preschool children.

Who are mostly affected by Escherichia coli?
Women are most likely to catch E.coli infections. It causes urinary tract infection in females and leads to

E.coli infection (Escherichia coli)
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