Can I read An outbreak of food-borne enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhoea in England on EtoBox?

An outbreak of food-borne enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhoea in England by T. Riordan; R.J. Gross; B. Rowe; S.M. Scotland; S.M. Johnston is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

What is An outbreak of food-borne enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhoea in England about?

An outbreak of diarrhoea with abdominal pain occurred among members of the staff of a school and their guests after a social function at which a cold buffet was served. Sixty people attended the function and 43 subsequently completed questionnaires. Of these, 27 had diarrhoea. The median incubation period was 36 h and the range 12-66 h. Food history analysis showed an association between diarrhoea and eating curried turkey mayonnaise. Stool specimens from 13 of those who developed diarrhoea were examined: Escherichia coli o6. H 16 (producing heat-stable and heat-labile enterotoxins) was found in nine specimens and E. coli o27. H2o (producing heat-stable enterotoxin) in II specimens. Eight patients had both strains and only one was negative for enterotoxigenic E. coll. Food samples were not available for examination. Enterotoxigenic E. coli should be considered as a possible cause in well-defined outbreaks of food-borne diarrhoea with abdominal pain.

Who reads An outbreak of food-borne enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhoea in England?

Author

T. Riordan; R.J. Gross; B. Rowe; S.M. Scotland; S.M. Johnston

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; W. B. Saunders Co., Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0163-4453)

Published

1985

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)