Role of toxigenic bacteria in acute infantile diarrhoea.
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چکیده
The cause of infantile diarrhoea was investigated with the use of Biken test and animal assay for toxigenic bacteria. EnterOtoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) was recovered in 39 cases (17.3%). Of these 30 patients (13.3%) were infected with heat-labile (LT+ETEC) and 7 (3.1%) with heat-stable producing ETEC (ST+ETEC) and 2 (0.9%) with both toxins producing strains (LT+/ST~ETEC). Majority of cases in this series were males between 2-3 years of age (JPMA 34,266 :1984).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
دوره 34 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1984