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Lisa A. Spacek, Bryan P. Hurley, David W. K. Acheson, Alexander Granok, Allan Currie, Kirk Doing, Cynthia L. Sears, Shiga Toxin—Producing Escherichiacoli as a Possible Etiological Agent of Chronic Diarrhea, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 39, Issue 5, 1 September 2004, Pages e46–e48, https://doi.org/10.1086/422877
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Abstract
We identified Shiga toxin—producing Escherichia coli (STEC) as the likely etiologic pathogen for chronic diarrhea in 2 patients, 1 of whom was immunocompromised with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and 1 of whom was immunocompetent. Both were treated with antibiotics, and neither developed systemic complications of the infection. These cases suggest that STEC infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.