Changing faecal population of escherichia coli in hospital medical patients

Specimens of faeces were obtained at weekly intervals for one year from patients in a female medical ward and Escherichia coli present were typed. The faecal E. coli population of the patients was constantly changing. No serotypes of E. coli were dominant, but on 31 occasions during the year small c...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 1969-12, Vol.4 (5683), p.593-595
Hauptverfasser:	Cooke, E. Mary, Ewins, Susan, Shooter, R. A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacteriology Cross Infection Escherichia Escherichia coli Escherichia coli - isolation & purification Feces - microbiology Female Hospital admissions Hospitalization Humans Infections Length of stay Papers and Originals Patient assessment Population dynamics Serotyping Species Specificity Urinary tract infections Urinary Tract Infections - complications
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Zusammenfassung:	Specimens of faeces were obtained at weekly intervals for one year from patients in a female medical ward and Escherichia coli present were typed. The faecal E. coli population of the patients was constantly changing. No serotypes of E. coli were dominant, but on 31 occasions during the year small clusters of patients carried the same type.
ISSN:	0007-1447 0959-8138 1468-5833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.4.5683.593