Answers, without the hedging

Never based on a website. But do make sure the treating physician knows STEC is suspected — there is evidence that antibiotics and anti-diarrheal drugs may increase HUS risk in these infections, and that is a decision for the doctor with the full picture.

No. E. coli Lawsuit is a free service that connects people to independent attorneys who handle foodborne illness cases. We don't practise law, we're not doctors, and nobody here is your lawyer.

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If anyone is still ill: ask for a stool culture and ask that the organism be identified and the isolate retained. Then report it to your local health department. Both are free and neither can be done later.

Yes, and it happens often here. Most uncomplicated infections aren't economically viable to pursue, and without a confirmed organism causation usually can't be shown.

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