Infant diarrhoea due to Escherichia coli 091 K? H7

AUTOR(ES)

Hughes, M. H.

RESUMO

A small outbreak of infective diarrhoea occurred among babies in hospital at Winchester, England. The causal agent was found to be a strain of Escherichia coli 091 K? H7 which was resistant to several antibiotics. Epidemic diarrhoea due to E. coli 091 has previously been reported from south Germany.

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