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. 1975 Aug 9;2(7928):239-41.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(75)90958-7.

Diarrhoea associated with heat-stable enterotoxin-producing strains of Escherichia coli

D A Sack, M H Merson, J G Wells, R B Sack, G K Morris

Diarrhoea associated with heat-stable enterotoxin-producing strains of Escherichia coli

D A Sack et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Five patients who developed acute watery diarrhoea while travelling in Mexico in October, 1974, were found to have enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in their stool which produced heat-stable enterotoxin (S.T.) without producing heat-labile enterotoxin (L.T.). These S.T.-only E. coli, which have previously been described as causing diseases in animals, must now be regarded as pathogenic for humans as well.

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