Article
Genotype analysis of Escherichia coli strains isolated from children and chickens living in close contact.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 1999
Kariuki S, Gilks C, Kimari J, Obanda A, Muyodi J, Waiyaki P, Hart C A
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli isolates from rectal swabs from 62 chickens and stools from 42 children living in close contact with chickens on the same farms in Kiambu district, Kenya, were compared for their genetic relatedness. Antibiotic susceptibility profiles broadly categorized isolates from the childre...
Topics
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Chickens
- Child, Preschool
- Diarrhea
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Feces
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Kenya
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Phylogeny