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SUBMITTER: Guerra JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4022111 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Guerra Julio A JA Romero-Herazo Yesenia C YC Arzuza Octavio O Gómez-Duarte Oscar G OG
BioMed research international 20140430
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) are major causes of childhood diarrhea in low and middle income countries including Colombia, South America. To understand the diversity of ETEC strains in the region, clinical isolates obtained from northern Colombia children were evaluated for multiple locus sequencing typing, serotyping, classical and nonclassical virulence genes, and antibiotic susceptibility. Among 40 ETEC clinical isolates evaluated, 21 (52.5%) were positive for LT gene, 13 (32.5%) f ...[more]