title: Diarrhoea associated with heat-stable enterotoxin-producing strains of Escherichia coli.
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.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D046508:Culture Techniques; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D051379:Mice; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011817:Rabbits; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D004768:Enterotoxins