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Numbers of confirmed E. coli strains included in this study within each experimental group.
| Experimental groups | Number of E. coli strains |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| ESBL -ve | ESBL +ve | Total | |
| Urine | |||
| Hospitalized adults | 74 | 43 | 117 |
| Hospitalized children | 26 | 19 | 45 |
| Adult outpatients | 92 | 26 | 118 |
| Children outpatients | 131 | 22 | 153 |
| Blood (adults and children) | 117 | 65 | 182 |
| Total | 440 | 175 | 615 |
ESBL -ve, strains not producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases; ESBL +ve, strains producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases.
