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Diarrhoegenic E. coli identified in stool samples. |
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| Virulence genes amplified |
Patient group (%) n = 300 |
Control group (%) n = 80 |
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| ETEC |
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| estA |
10 (3.3) |
1 (1.2) |
| eltB |
20 (6.6) |
1 (1.2) |
| estA + eltB |
10 (3.3) |
0 |
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| EPEC |
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| eaeA |
23 (7.6) |
1 (1.2) |
| eaeA + bfpA |
5 (1.7) |
0 |
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| VTEC |
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| vt1 + vt2 + eaeA |
17 (5.6) |
1 (1.2) |
| vt2 + eaeA |
5 (1.6) |
0 |
| vt1 + eaeA |
4 (1.3) |
0 |
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| EIEC |
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| ial |
3 (1.0) |
0 |
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| Total |
97 (32) |
4(5) |
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χ2 represents statistical difference between both groups studied (P < 0.001). Abbreviations are the same as indicated in Table 1. | ||
Paniagua et al. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2007 6:17 doi:10.1186/1476-0711-6-17 |
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