Daily bowel movements and Escherichia coli O157 infection.

Kitajima, H; Ida, S; Fujimura, M · Arch Dis Child · 2002

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

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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