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Escherichia coli O 27 in adult diarrhoea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Betty C. Hobbs ,
B. Rowe ,
Margaret Kendall ,
P. C. B. Turnbull  and
A. C. Ghosh
Betty C. Hobbs
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT
B. Rowe
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT
Margaret Kendall
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT
P. C. B. Turnbull
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT
A. C. Ghosh
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT
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Escherichia coli O 27 H 7 was found in 16 stool samples submitted during a Caribbean cruise (Cruise Z) by 29 patients reporting with diarrhoea. A retrospective search revealed E. coli O 27 H 7 in 11 of 20 and 2 of 14 stool cultures from patients on two previous cruises (Y and X respectively) and in a culture from fresh cream (Cruise Y). The repeated occurrence of E. coli O 27 H 7 in the absence of any other apparent cause suggested that this serotype may have been responsible for the diarrhoea. The results of pathogenicity tests suggested that this strain elaborated heat-stable (ST) enterotoxin.

The possibility that food may have been the vector is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 77 , Issue 3 , December 1976 , pp. 393 - 400
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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