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Frequency of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli among children in Surabaya, Indonesia.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2013
Osawa Kayo, Raharjo Dadik, Wasito Eddy Bagus, Harijono Sugeng, Shigemura Katsumi, Osawa Ro, Sudarmo Subijanto Marto, Iijima Yoshio, Shirakawa Toshiro
Abstract excerpt
Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) is a major etiologic agent of childhood diarrhea in developing countries. We investigated the frequency of DEC in stool samples from 125 diarrheal children (age, 1-10 years) and 92 non-diarrheal children in Surabaya, Indonesia. The non-diarrheal children served as healthy controls. DEC was detected in 23 of 125 (18.4%) and 47 of 92 (51.1%) samples in the diarrheal and...
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