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Table 6 Diarrheic E. coli isolated on CHROMagar™STEC versus corresponding PCR target genes detected in the respective sample type enrichment

From: Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of enteric bacterial pathogens in human and non-human sources in an urban informal settlement in Cape Town, South Africa

PCR targets

Stool (66)

Meat (85)

Water (64)

Isolates

Genes

Isolates

Genes

Isolates

Genes

EaggEC / aat

2 (3)

9 (14)

1 (2)

DAEC/daaC

8 (12)

23 (35)

2 (2)

6 (7)

2 (3)

24 (38)

STEC/stx1

1 (2)

4 (6)

 

17 (20)

1 (2)

19 (30)

STEC/stx2

2 (3)

4 (5)

EIEC/ipa

1 (2)

4 (6)

5 (8)

ETEC/LT

5 (8)

 

1 (1)

21 (33)

O157/rfbE

1 (2)

 

5 (6)

9 (14)

O111/wbdl

1 (2)

 

5 (8)

EPEC/eaeA

1 (1)

6 (7)