Complications of an E. coli O157:H7 Infection:
- Dehydration
- Hemorrhagic colitis
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) develops in 5-15% of cases, and has a mortality rate between 3-7%.
Most complications are actually a result of the shiga toxins that also cause HUS.
- 33% of patients with HUS develop central nervous system damage: seizure, stroke, irritability, dementia, delusions, and confusion
- Intussusception
- Pancreatitis
- Severe colitis (inflammation of the colon)
- Chronic kidney failure
- Hypertension
- Hematuria (blood in urine)
- Proteinuria (protein in urine)
- Intestinal strictures (narrowing of intestine)
- Intestinal perforations (penetration of intestine, fluid can flow out)
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