Antimicrobial Resistance, Pathogenic, and Molecular Characterization of Escherichia coli from Diarrheal Patients in South Korea.

ABSTRACT: Diarrheal diseases due to foodborne Escherichia coli are the leading cause of illness in humans. Here, we performed pathogenic typing, molecular typing, and antimicrobial susceptibility tests on seventy-five isolates of E. coli isolated from stool samples of patients suffering from foodborne diseases in Busan, South Korea. All the isolates were identified as E. coli by both biochemical analysis (API 20E system) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). The bacteria displayed entero-pathogenic E. coli (EPEC) (47.0%), entero-aggregative E. coli (EAEC) (33.3%), entero-toxigenic E. coli (ETEC) (6.6%), ETEC and EPEC (6.6%), EPEC and EAEC (4%), and ETEC and EAEC (2.7%) characteristics. The E. coli

SUBMITTER: Park SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9030120 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature