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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
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Taxonomic Hierarchy > Eubacteria > Proteobacteria > gamma-Proteobacteria > Enterobacteriales > Enterobacteriaceae > Escherichia > Escherichia coli > enterovirulent Escherichia coli group > Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli > enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Preferred Term:

enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Definition:
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.
Concept Schemes:
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Broader Concept:
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
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Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • EHEC (Escherichia coli)
  • enterohemorrhagic E. coli
  • enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/37328
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2019-05-31
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