Mostly, strains of Escherichia coli are harmless and can live in our intestines of healthy humans or animal’s intestine. E. coli in contaminated lettuce But, one strain used to called E. coli O157:H7 has been known as one of the strains which produced powerfull toxin that can cause severe illness. Folllow these informations about things you should know about E. coli O157:H7 especially in our drinking water.

Maybe if you eat a contaminated lettuce, sproud, salami, drinking unpasteurized milk or juice, drinking a sewage-contaminated water while swimming, eating meat has not been well-cooked to eliminate E. coli O157:H7 are things that can cause you to be infected by this strain. The symptoms of an E. coli O157:H7 infection can appear of no symtoms at all, but it can show as severe bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps. There is no need to be a fever present until the illness go away in 5-10 days.

Those are little sections describe Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain. You can find out more information about E. coli O157:H7 such as how to diagnose, how can E. coli O157:H7 get into our drinking water, about HUS (Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome), the infection’s treatment, and how to remove E. coli O157:H7 from our drinking water, in the article which is issued by the CDC official site below.

Complete read of What You Should Know about Escherichia coli O157:H7 in drinking water here in pdf filetype.