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11h 58min, may 16, 1885 y - E. Coli Identified

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E. coli bacteria were discovered in the human colon in 1885 by German bacteriologist Theodor Escherich. The CDC has estimated that every year at least 2,000 Americans are hospitalized, and about 60 die as a result of E. coli O157:H7 infection and its complications.

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11h 58min, may 16, 1885 y
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~ 141 years ago