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Diarrhoea in Infants and Its Relation to a Certain Type of Colibacteria
Author(s) -
STOPPELMAN MARIE R. H.,
PLAATS A. R. J. VAN DER
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1953.tb05585.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , etiology , epidemiology , diarrhea , type (biology) , pediatrics , relation (database) , biology , ecology , physics , optics , database , computer science
Summary The literature is surveyed. An epidemiological investigation on the incidence of E. coli type Bray‐Giles in infants, in the Children's Clinic of the University of Amsterdam is described. No proof was obtained in this investigation, that E. coli type Bray‐Giles is not pathogenic. There are however several facts, which argue against the aetiological significance of this type E. coli in infantile diarrhoea. It is suggested, that special circumstances may favour the predominance of this type of coli bacteria in the intestine.