title: Daily bowel movements and Escherichia coli O157 infection.
abstract: The usual bowel habits of 259 school age children before the large outbreak of E coli O157 infection in Sakai City in the summer of 1996 were investigated. A daily morning movement and/or frequent bowel movements may be a protective factor against infection, while being constipated contributed to a worsening of symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatal Medicine, Osaka Medical Centre and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, 840 Murodo-cho, Izumi, Osaka, 594-1101, Japan. kitajima@mch.pref.osaka.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitajima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujimura
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003248:Constipation / Q000150:complications; D003672:Defecation; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors