Antibiotic resistance and molecular characterization of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and non-typhoidal Salmonella strains isolated from infections in Southwest China

• Main Authors: Shun-Xian Zhang (Author), Yong-Ming Zhou (Author), Li-Guang Tian (Author), Jia-Xu Chen (Author), Rita Tinoco-Torres (Author), Emmanuel Serrano (Author), Shi-Zhu Li (Author), Shao-Hong Chen (Author), Lin Ai (Author), Jun-Hu Chen (Author), Shang Xia (Author), Yan Lu (Author), Shan Lv (Author), Xue-Jiao Teng (Author), Wen Xu (Author), Wen-Peng Gu (Author), Si-Tang Gong (Author), Xiao-Nong Zhou (Author), Lan-Lan Geng (Author), Wei Hu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Bacterial diarrhea is one of the most common causes for medical consultations, mortality and morbidity in the world. Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) and non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are major intestinal pathogens in developing countries, and the indiscriminate use of antib...