Enteropathogenetic <i>Escherichia</i> Coli: From Inpatient to Intimin

Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, (“Queens”) where this story begins, was situated in the East End of London, in an area of overcrowding and social deprivation, and a place for the first settlement of immigrants into the country. The hospital itself was founded in response to a cholera epidemic in 1867, and had continued to receive children with diarrhoeal diseases until 1998 when it was closed as part of the re-organization of paediatric services in London. It cared for many children with acute diarrhea and had a dedicated infectious diseases ward (Observation Ward) for admitting patients into individual cubicles. In the late 1950's and early 1960's gastroenteritis was divided into bacterial and non-bacterial episodes, where it was assumed that a…