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To explain: A 25-year-old male developed diarrhea after eating an undercooked hamburger due to the infection caused by Escherichia coli strain that produces a shigatoxin and the way in which this affects the pH of the blood and urine and respiratory rate of the infected male.

Introduction: The hydrogen ion concentration can be expressed using the pH scale. Normally, physiological and chemical buffer systems maintain the concentration of hydrogen ion in very narrow pH ranges. Acid-base balance may be disturbed due to abnormal conditions.

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