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Table 3.

Antibiotic resistance profiles of the toxigenic E. coli (n = 23) isolates.

Pathotype/virulence gene	Type	Antibiotic resistance profile	No. of strains
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) (sta⁺, n = 5)	I	E^R, S^R	1
	II	E^R, AZM^R	2
	III	E^R, SXT^R, AZM^R, KF^R	1
	IV	E^R, CIP^R, SXT^R, NA^R, AZM^R	1
STEC (stx1⁺ or stx2⁺, n = 10)	V	E^R	7
	VI	E^R, AZM^R, S^R, KF^R	1
	VII	E^R, SXT^R, AZM^R, S^R	1
		Sensitive to all antibiotics	1
STEC–ETEC hybrid (sta⁺ and stx1⁺ or stx2⁺, n = 8)	V	E^R	1
	VIII	E^R, KF^R	1
	IX	E^R, AZM^R, S^R	2
	X	E^R, SXT^R, AZM^R	1
	XI	E^R, CIP^R, SXT^R, NA^R, AZM^R, TE^R, KF^R	1
		Sensitive to all antibiotics	2

E, erythromycin; AZM, azithromycin; S, streptomycin; KF, cephalothin; SXT, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole; CIP, ciprofloxacin; NA, nalidixic acid; TE, tetracycline; R, resistant.