Drug-resistant Diarrheogenic Escherichia coli, Mexico

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Estrada-García, Teresa ; Cerna, Jorge F. ; Paheco-Gil, Leova ; Velázquez, Raúl F. ; Ochoa, Theresa J. ; Torres, Javier ; DuPont, Herbert L.
• Description:
  Diarrheogenic Escherichia coli isolates from 45 (73%) of 62 hospitalized patients were resistant to common antimicrobial drugs. Sixty-two percent were multidrug resistant, and >70% were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and ampicillin. Ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime were uniformly active. Effective and safe oral agents are needed to treat children with bacterial diarrhea.
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Child, Preschool Diarrhea DNA, Bacterial Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Escherichia Coli Escherichia Coli Infections Feces Female Humans Infant Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Polymerase Chain Reaction

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(8):1306-1308.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Mexico
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:841847e0a441adf8cdbb876a7a0b7862976b10286e62cd3a30d3880495cf9e2d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14762/cdc_14762_DS1.pdf
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