The Occurrence of Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia Coli among Children under Five Years of Age in Basrah, Southern Iraq
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Results: Diarrhoeagenic E. coli was found in 148 (13.2 %) of examined specimens. Among these 77 (52 %) were enteropathogenic (EPEC), 69 (46.6 %) were enterotoxigenic (ETEC) and 2 (1.4 %) were enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC). EPEC serotypes 0119K69, 0114K90 and 0111K58 were the more frequent among twelve other serotypes. Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli showed high rates of resistance to antibiotics especially ampicillin (98 %), tetracycline (93 %) and chloramphenicol (86 %).
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