You can prevent the known cause, E. coli, by cooking hamburger and ground meats well. It is not possible to prevent other, unrecognized causes at this time.
Reviewer Info: Rita Nanda, M.D., Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.; ADAM Health Illustrated Encyclopedia, 04/27/2007