Sporadic Cases of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Infection

Abstract

Ninety five stool specimens from diarrheal patients were collected from 17 clinicsin the vicinity of Osaka and Kobe cities during the period from February 1979 to April 1980. An examination for these specimens showed that 8 cases were suffered from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection. These patients have not been abroad during the last 6 months. In addiation, there is no close relation between the location of their residents and the date of onsets of the disease. Thus it is concluded that they were sporadic cases of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhea infected in this country.