High frequency of antimicrobial drug resistance of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in infants in Peru.

Abstract. In a prospective passive diarrhea surveillance cohort study of 1,034 infants of low socioeconomic communities in Lima, Peru, we determined the prevalence and antimicrobial drug susceptibility of the diarrheagenic Escherichia coli . The prevalence of diarrheagenic E. coli was 29% (161 of...

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Main Authors: Ochoa, Theresa J., Ruiz, Joaquím, Molina, Margarita, Del Valle, Luis J., Vargas, Martha, Gil, Ana I., Ecker, Lucie, Barletta, Francesca, Hall, Eric, Cleary, Thomas G., Lanata, Claudio F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10757/314286
http://repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe/upc/handle/10757/314286

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