The toxin, produced by certain strains of E. coli bacteria, has been found to be responsible for an outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome, a dangerous disease that causes acute kidney failure, in South Australia in 1998.

• 此毒素由大肠杆菌特定菌株产生，1998年澳大利亚南部爆发的溶血性尿毒综合症（可导致急性肾衰竭的一种危险的疾病）就是由该毒素引起的。