An outbreak of gastroenteritis due to enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, which are also enterotoxigenic

Details are presented of the first documented outbreak of gastroenteritis in New Zealand due to an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. This is also the first report of strains of the enteropathogenic serogroup 0126 producing the heat stable enterotoxin. The additional isolation of E. coli 055 producing the heat labile enterotoxin from one of the patients is the first report of an E. coli of this 0 group being enterotoxigenic.