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SUBMITTER: Zhou Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5796495 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhou Yu Y Zhu Xuhui X Hou Hongyan H Lu Yanfang Y Yu Jing J Mao Lie L Mao Liyan L Sun Ziyong Z
BMC infectious diseases 20180201 1
<h4>Background</h4>Diarrhea is the leading infectious cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Among bacterial agents, diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) is the major causal agent of childhood diarrhea in developing countries, particularly in children under the age of 5 years. Here, we performed a hospital-based prospective study to explore the pathotype distribution, epidemiological characteristics and antibiotic resistance patterns of DEC from < 5-year-old diarrheal children.<h4>Methods</ ...[more]