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Drug-resistant diarrheogenic Escherichia coli, Mexico

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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 11, Issue 8, Pages 1306-1308

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid1108.050192

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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.

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