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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods > Enterobacteriaceae > Escherichia > Escherichia coli > Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli > Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli > Escherichia coli O104
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Enterobacteriaceae > Escherichia > Escherichia coli > Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli > Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli > Escherichia coli O104

Preferred term

Escherichia coli O104  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • E coli O104

Note

  • infection: coordinate IM with ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • An enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli of the O subfamily that can cause severe FOODBORNE DISEASE. The H4 serotype strain produces SHIGA TOXINS and has been linked to human disease outbreaks, including some cases of HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME, resulting from contamination of foods by feces containing E. coli O104.

History note

  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000069981

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