title: [The incidence of E. coli O157H7 strains in causing hemorrhagic enterocolitis].
abstract: The authors describe the evidencing of the O157H7 E. coli serotype--an enterohaemorrhagic strain of E. coli--for the first time in our country. This germ is incriminated in haemorrhagic enteritis of children and adults, accompanied or not by an uremic haemolytic syndrome. A total of 717 strains were investigated, obtained from cases of haemorrhagic enteritis (283), nonhemorrhagic enteritis (174), food poisoning (27), and a control lot of subjects without signs of enteritis (233). Identification of the strains was done with a screening method (McConkey) with D-sorbitol in place of lactose, and with anti-O157, and anti-H7 sera. The results obtained have indicated a total of 37 positive strains in haemorrhagic enteritis (69.8%), 12 strains in nonhemorrhagic enteritis (22.65%), and 4 strains in food poisoning (7.55%). No strain was isolated from the control group. The percentage of isolated O157H7 E. coli strains in our county is of 7.55% and this contributes to additional knowledge in the definition of the still unknown etiology of diarrhoeic disease in our country.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gancevici
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Călin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tatu
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Florescu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gaicu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neguţ
mesh_terms: D004751:Enteritis / Q000382:microbiology; D004760:Enterocolitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012703:Serotyping
vernacular_title: Incidenţa tulpinilor de E. coli O157H7 in producerea enterocolitelor hemoragice.