title: Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 as an enteric pathogen in Irish children.
abstract: In this study sorbitol MacConkey agar was used to screen E. coli isolated from 894 children with diarrhoea. Thirty-four non-sorbitol fermenters were detected. On serotyping, three organisms belonged to the O157 serogroup. Only one of these possessed the H7 antigen. This organism was a verotoxin producer. These findings suggest that E. coli O157:H7 is an uncommon enteric pathogen in Irish children.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cryan
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D012703:Serotyping