Quantitative microbiological and clinical characteristics of diseases caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Kleganov, V.K.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 2: 31-36
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 6340389 Document Number: 214411
For the first time the quantitative microbiological characteristics of diarrheas caused by enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC), serovars O15: H?, O34: H10, O78: H? O148: H? and O148: H28, in 5 patients are presented. The multiplication of ETEC in the patients' body has provided clinical material permitting the authors to reveal, for the first time, the capacity of ETEC for the colonization of the intestine and to judge of their etiological role in the diseases. A close relationship between the clinical manifestations of the disease and the number of ETEC per g of feces in its dynamics has been established. These data indicate that patients may be regarded as the possible sources of infection.