Acute gastroenteritis due to double infection with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli or Salmonella and another bacterial pathogen

Isr J Med Sci. 1990 Jun;26(6):316-8.

Abstract

Two enteric bacterial pathogens were concomitantly isolated from the feces of 18 infants less than 6 months of age admitted to the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center over a 7-year period. In all but two patients stool cultures grew enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, six of serogroup 0119. The other organisms cultured were Shigella, Salmonella, Campylobacter jejuni and Aeromonas hydrophila. The usual clinical presentation was diarrhea, dehydration and vomiting of acute onset, and low grade fever. Patients with gastroenteritis due to a single agent compared with multiple pathogens had a milder course of disease, a milder degree of dehydration and acidosis, a lesser need for i.v. fluid treatment and shorter hospitalization.

MeSH terms

  • Academic Medical Centers
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / diagnosis
  • Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Gastroenteritis / diagnosis
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology
  • Gastroenteritis / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Israel
  • Salmonella Infections / diagnosis
  • Salmonella Infections / epidemiology
  • Salmonella Infections / microbiology*
  • Serotyping