title: Escherichia coli O157:H7, a cause of hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacterial Disease, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Wachsmuth
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wells
mesh_terms: D003092:Colitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D011697:Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping