Abstract
Among the diarrheagenic Escherichia colipathotypes, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), and its enterohemorrhagic subgroup (EHEC), stand out for their potential to cause serious diseases, such as hemorrhagic colitis, which affects up to 90% of infected patients, and hemolytic uremic syndrome, which occurs in 5 to 15% of individuals. Such complications occur due to the production of its …