A new E. coli O group O158 associated with an outbreak of infantile enteritis.
An outbreak of acute diarrhoea occurred amongst babies in a special care baby unit. Thirteen babies were at risk; six suffered diarrhoea and three of these died. An Escherichia coli with an unidentifiable O antigen and flagellar antigen H23 was isolated from all six cases. This O antigen has been accepted into the international scheme as O158.
D003428:Cross Infection; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000382:microbiology*; D004751:Enteritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012698:Serologic Tests