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Kidney Toxin Failure Failure  Enterohemorrhagic Ehec)  O157:H7 Serologic

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Enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) 
Back O157:H7- serologic group 
Shiga-like toxin (A-B subunit) 
Symptoms: Bloody diarrhea, NO FEVER, abdominal pain 
- Mainly food borne (feces contaminated) 
- Can cause kidney failure
- Intense immune response 
Moderately invasive 
Associated with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) 
- Toxin leads to destruction of RBCs, clotting, organ failure 
- Major effects= anemia and kidney failure 
- Most common cause of kidney failure in children under 10 

Tags: gram_neg

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