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N Z Med J
; 95(705): 215-6, 1982 Apr 14.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7045747
ABSTRACT
Details are presented of the first documented outbreak of gastroenteritis in New Zealand due to an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. This is also the first report of strains of the enteropathogenic serogroup 0126 producing the heat stable enterotoxin. The additional isolation of E. coli 055 producing the heat labile enterotoxin from one of the patients is the first report of an E. coli of this 0 group being enterotoxigenic.