Is Infantile gastro-enteritis fundamentally a milk-borne infection?

Outbreak of infantile gastro-enteritis caused by Escherichia coli O114.

Jacobs, S. I., Holzel, A., Wolman, B., Keen, J. H., Miller, V., Taylor, J., and Gross, R. J. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 656. An outbreak of infantile gastro-enteritis caused by Escherichia coli 0114. An outbreak of infantile gastro-enteritis occurred at Booth Hall Children's Hospital as part of a general incident in north-western England, caused by Esch. coli 01 14K9OH2. The ...

Infection and cross-infection in a paediatric gastro-enteritis unit.

A two month study to investigate the incidence of nosocomial infection was conducted in a paediatric gastroenteritis ward of a black academic hospital. Enteric pathogens were identified on admission in 61 (47.2%) of 129 patients; 56 bacterial and 25 viral. Six per cent of patients had a combination of bacterial and viral pathogens. Enteric pathogens most frequently identified on admission were ...

Sensitivity to Cow's Milk Proteins in Acute Gastro-Enteritis.

Milk-borne campylobacter infection.

The common factor in 13 recent outbreaks of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis was the consumption of unpasteurised or incompletely pasteurised milk. C jejuni is a common commensal in the alimentary tract of milking cows, but it is not clear how the milk becomes contaminated with the organism. Pasteurisation will readily eliminate the organism from milk. In England and Wales 3% of milk retailed is ...

Escherichia coli gastro-enteritis.

Mild gastro-intestinal upset is common in babies, but severe disease is not now the scourge it formerly was, and part of the great improvement in infantile mortality is due to its decline in the twentieth century. The reasons for this are not clear, and many theories have been advanced. Formerly, a considerable number of cases of gastro-enteritis were thought to be due to dietetic, that is to s...