BRIDSON E Y, BROWN J
J Clin Pathol. 1960 May;13(3):195-8. doi: 10.1136/jcp.13.3.195.
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.
本文描述了一起与大量发酵粪链球菌相关的新生儿腹泻疫情。一项后续调查显示，347名健康婴儿中有23.3%携带这种微生物但未出现不良影响。患病婴儿和健康婴儿体内的链球菌酪氨酸脱羧酶活性均同样很高。研究表明，这些链球菌产生酪胺的活性并非腹泻的主要原因。
