Daily bowel movements and Escherichia coli O157 infection.
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.
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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
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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