Table 2.
Clinical and laboratory data of cases with EPEC.
| Sample no. | Month | Age | Sex | Stool analysis | Culture result | Antibiotic resistance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consistency | pus | Protozoa | ||||||
| 1* | April | 2 y | ♂ | Loosed | 0-1 | E. histolytica | EPEC + Pseudomonas | No resistance |
| 2 | June | 3 y | ♂ | Loosed | 0-1 | Negative | EPEC | No resistance |
| 3 | June | 2 m | ♂ | Loosed | 0-1 | Negative | EPEC | A, TS, TC |
| 4 | July | 5 m | ♂ | Loosed | >100 | E. histolytica | EPEC + Klebsiella spp. | A, TS, TC, ATM, CRO, CPM, CPZ |
| 5 | July | 2 y | ♂ | Watery | 0-1 | E. histolytica | EPEC + Proteus | No resistance |
| 6 | Aug. | 36 d | ♂ | Watery | >100 | E. histolytica | EPEC + Salmonella | A, TC, TS |
| 7 | Sep. | 3 m | ♂ | Loosed | >50 | E. histolytica | EPEC | A, TS, TC |
*Only this patient was not on antibiotic at time of sampling; other patients were on β-lactam antibiotics.
All cases have acute diarrhea except no. 2 and 3 which have prolonged diarrhea.
TC: ticarcillin; TS: cotrimoxazole; A: ampicillin; CPZ: cefoperazone; CPM: cefepime; CRO: ceftriaxone.