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Table 4 Extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-related genes carried by ESBL-positive strains of diarrhoeagenic E. coli (DEC).

From: Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli are not a significant cause of diarrhoea in hospitalised children in Kuwait

  

Positive for gene

Strain no.

Category

bla CTX-M d

bla SHV

bla TEM

ISEcp1

62

EAECa

14-b

-

+

+

269

EAEC

28

-

-

-

270

EAEC

28

-

-

-

306

EAEC

28

-

-

+

318

ETECb

28

-

+

+

454

EPECc

28

-

+

+

  1. aEnteroaggregative E. coli bEnterotoxigenic E. coli
  2. cEnteropathogenic E. coli
  3. d Type of blaCTX-M indicated
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