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Characterization of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli of clinical origin from the pediatric population in Pakistan.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jul 2016
Younas Mahwish, Siddiqui Fariha, Noreen Zobia, Bokhari Syeda Sadia, Gomez-Duarte Oscar G, Wren Brendan W, Bokhari Habib
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BACKGROUND: Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is one of the leading causes of watery diarrhea among children. METHODS: In this study EPEC isolates from the pediatric population of Pakistan (2010-2012) were subjected to phylotyping, antibiotic susceptibility, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) profiling and evaluation of one representative strain from each panel of phylotypesin Galleria mellonella,...
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