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Resistance Pattern and Molecular Characterization of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) Strains Isolated in Bangladesh.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Begum Yasmin A, Talukder K A, Azmi Ishrat J, Shahnaij Mohammad, Sheikh A, Sharmin Salma, Svennerholm A-M, Qadri Firdausi
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BACKGROUND: Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a common cause of bacterial infection leading to acute watery diarrhea in infants and young children as well as in travellers to ETEC endemic countries. Ciprofloxacin is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent nowadays used for the treatment of diarrhea. This study aimed to characterize ciprofloxacin resistant ETEC strains isolated from diarrheal patients in...
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