Antibiotic resistance and molecular characterization of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli isolated from patients with diarrhea in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

Aim: To investigate presence of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) in patients suffering with diarrhea by targeting the pCVD432 (pAA) gene using PCR. Methods: There were 63 non-duplicate isolates of E. coli isolated from diarrheal cases in teaching hospital in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia...

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Main Authors: Nasreldin Elhadi, Reem Aljindan, Khaldoon Alsamman, Amer Alomar, Mohammed Aljeldah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020305661