Journal article

Escherichia coli gastro-enteritis in adults

RM Robins-Browne, MR Jacobs, HJ Koornhof

South African Medical Journal | MED ASSOC S AFRICA | Published : 1978

Abstract

Two cases of gastro-enteritis in South African adults are reported. Stool cultures performed on both patients yielded pure growths Escherichia coli. One isolate was shown to have invasive ability, and the other to produce heatstable enterotoxin. Neither strain belonged to a 'classic' enteropathogenic serotype associated with infantile gastro-enteritis.

University of Melbourne Researchers