E. coli enteritis

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Digestive system

Digestive system organs

Traveler's diarrhea - E. coli; Food poisoning - E. coli; E. coli diarrhea; Hamburger disease

• Diarrhea that is acute and severe, either bloody or not bloody
• Stomach cramping
• Gas
• Vomiting (rare)
• Loss of appetite
• Abdominal pain
• Fever

A stool culture grows disease-causing E. coli, which is tested in the laboratory to distinguish it from the normal helpful E. coli in your intestine.

Review Date: 11/07/2005
Reviewed By: Cyrus Badshah, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University; Assistant Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases & Medical Director, Chest (TB) Clinic and Directly Observed Therapy Program, Harlem Hospital Center. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.