U.S. Pacific Command. USS Ronald Reagan hosts U.S. Vice President in Japan. YOKOSUKA, Japan (April 19, 2017) - Vice President Michael R. Pence addresses service members on the flight deck of the Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
Bad E.coli (a particular strain or type) can enter the body in contaminated food, especially uncooked or inadequately cooked meat. Another way E. coli can sneak in is by contamination from the anus to the nearby urethra, into the bladder to cause a urinary tract infection (UTI), up to the kidneys and then into the blood stream.
E.coli can also be transmitted through swimming pools. E. coli O157:H7 is a particularly virulent strain of E. coli that in humans can cause abdominal cramping, bloody diarrhea, and occasionally, especially in young children and the elderly, life threatening kidney disease and a hemolytic uremic syndrome.