title: [Epidemiologic, clinical and microbiological characteristics of enterotoxigenic E. coli as the cause of traveller's diarrhea].
abstract: We report a study of enterotoxigenic E. coli, that produces heat-labile, heat-stable or both toxins as agent of traveller's diarrhoea. Enterotoxigenic E. coli was isolated from stools of 71 (21%) patients out of a total of 337 traveller's that developed diarrhoea. Of all 71 strains isolated, 51 (15%) produces heat-labile toxin, 10 (3%) heat-stable toxin and 10 (3%) were able to produce both types of toxins. We also analyze the distribution of all cases according to the area visited, as well as the clinical features of traveller's diarrhoea due to enterotoxigenic E. coli.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Clínic i Provincial, Barcelona.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vila
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gascón
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gené
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corachán
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Jiménez de Anta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D004768:Enterotoxins
vernacular_title: Características epidemiológicas, clínicas y microbiológicas de E. coli enterotoxigénico como causante de diarrea del viajero.