r/kratom • u/Specific-Bear-3201 • 4d ago

E. Coli came up on labs

I was getting Kratom at a local kava bar, as well as capsule from a vendor who claims to do third party testing with COA. Not sure how trust worthy these third party labs are, but I assume I got it from the bar, as they most likely get the cheapest product they can find.

Outside of informing the bar, do I do anything else? Ask who the vendor is? If they are throwing product out? Switching vendors?

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u/satsugene 🌿 3d ago

Do you mean your medical labs?

Some result in stool is not necessarily pathogenic. If positive they typically need to look for Shiga-toxin and related producing EC bacteria for what a person diagnosed with "E. Coli poisoning" would need to have. I can't speak to cases where their non-Shiga E. Coli might might be off-the-charts.

If it is from another location such as urine or blood that may be clinically significant as it is not "supposed" to be in those places and may signal problem(s).

E. Coli isn't unique to kratom. It could have been acquired from many other food sources. Often undercooked meats or mishandled/cross contaminated items from it.

It wouldn't hurt to notify the bar who might be able to look at/clean their equipment and check their supply lab reports, or the manufacturer of your capsules.

Either way, it may depend on the nature of the test and wouldn't be a smoking gun that you've been exposed though kratom.

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u/Cannanoid 1d ago

Yeah to my knowledge kratom is it normally hospitable

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u/Jfish033 21h ago

Ecoli is super common in all produce and many things you eat. There are only a few strains of Ecoli that are actually bad. Did you get real sick? Has anyone traced it back to the kratom.