Symptoms of E. coli infection?

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Diseases caused by Escherichia coli. E. coli was first discovered by German pediatrician t. esherich, and it mainly parasitizes in the intestines of human and animals, so it is named E. coli, which is traditionally translated as E. coli. Escherichia coli includes several different groups of bacteria with different pathogenicity. Human E. coli infection can be divided into intestinal infection and extraintestinal infection. Symptoms of E. coli infection? Let's talk about it.

Symptoms of E. coli infection?

① Urinary tract infection. More than 90% of the non hospitalized patients were caused by E. coli. In hospitalized patients, it mainly occurs in some patients with catheters. Infection can occur in any part of the urinary tract. Cystitis can show bladder irritation such as frequent micturition, urgency and pain, while pyelonephritis has systemic symptoms such as high fever and low back pain.

② Peritonitis. The main clinical manifestations were fever, abdominal pain and abdominal tenderness. Some patients were accompanied with nausea, vomiting and abdominal distension. Peritonitis in cirrhotic ascites, also known as primary bacterial peritonitis, its pathogenesis is not yet fully clear.

③ Neonatal meningitis. Escherichia coli is one of the main pathogenic bacteria. It is often caused by premature delivery, delivery injury and infection from the mother. Early diagnosis is difficult and clinical symptoms are often atypical. Fever is dispensable. When the sick child has cyanosis, vomiting, refeeding, listlessness, drowsiness, convulsion, gaze, irregular breathing, the possibility of this disease should be alert. Typical clinical manifestations were fullness of fontanel and rigidity of head and neck. If the treatment is not timely, it can often lead to hydrocephalus, paralysis, mental retardation and other sequelae, and even life-threatening.

matters needing attention

The suppurative inflammation of common Escherichia coli, especially the severe infection of patients in hospital, can be treated with antibiotics, such as ampicillin, gentamicin, cephalosporin, etc; The diarrhea caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli generally does not need antibiotics, but mainly adopts supportive therapy to correct the loss of water and electrolyte, and makes symptomatic treatment according to the patient's situation.