TYRAMINE-PRODUCING STREPTOCOCCI IN NEONATAL DIARRHOEA

An outbreak of neonatal diarrhoea associated with large numbers of Streptococcus faecalis var. zymogenes is described. A follow-up survey showed that 23.3% of 347 healthy babies carried this organism without ill effect. The tyrosine decarboxylase activity of the streptococci from both sick and healt...

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Published in:Journal of clinical pathology 1960-05, Vol.13 (3), p.195-198
Main Authors: Bridson, E. Y., Brown, Jean
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Diarrhea
Enterococcus faecalis
Humans
Infant
Old Medline
Tyramine - metabolism
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Summary:An outbreak of neonatal diarrhoea associated with large numbers of Streptococcus faecalis var. zymogenes is described. A follow-up survey showed that 23.3% of 347 healthy babies carried this organism without ill effect. The tyrosine decarboxylase activity of the streptococci from both sick and healthy babies was identically high. It is suggested that the tyramine-producing activity of these streptococci was not the primary cause of the diarrhoea.
ISSN:0021-9746
1472-4146
DOI:10.1136/jcp.13.3.195