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Escherichia coli in gastroenteritis of children in London and Jamaica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. B. Ellis-Pegler ,
H. P. Lambert ,
B. Rowe  and
R. J. Gross
R. B. Ellis-Pegler
Affiliation:
Communicable Diseases Unit, St George's Hospital, London, SW17 0QT and Salmonella and Shigella Reference Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, NW9 5HT
H. P. Lambert
Affiliation:
Communicable Diseases Unit, St George's Hospital, London, SW17 0QT and Salmonella and Shigella Reference Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, NW9 5HT
B. Rowe
Affiliation:
Communicable Diseases Unit, St George's Hospital, London, SW17 0QT and Salmonella and Shigella Reference Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, NW9 5HT
R. J. Gross
Affiliation:
Communicable Diseases Unit, St George's Hospital, London, SW17 0QT and Salmonella and Shigella Reference Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, NW9 5HT
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The jejunal and stool flora of children with gastroenteritis in London and in Jamaica was examined. Although bacterial colonization of the small bowel was commonly detected, it was unusual to find the same serotype of E. coli in both jejunum and stool, and none of the jejunal strains of E. coli produced either heat-labile or heat-stable enterotoxin. Some strains of E. coli causing infant gastroenteritis are neither toxigenic nor invasive, and other mechanisms must be sought to account for their pathogenicity.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 82 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 115 - 121
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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