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Table 3 Distribution of bacterial enteropathogens isolated stool specimens

From: Identification and antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacterial enteropathogens from children aged 0–59 months at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia: a prospective cross sectional study

Bacterial enteropathogen

n (%)

Vibrio cholerae 01 (Ogawa)

34 (40.8)

Salmonella species

21 (25.2)

Salmonella Typhi

11 (52.4)

Salmonella Paratyphi B

4 (19.1)

 Other Salmonellae

6 (28.6)

Escherichia coli (DEC)

15 (18.0)

 ETEC

6 (40.0)

 EIEC

4 (26.7)

 EAEC

3 (20.0)

 EPEC

2 (13.3)

Shigella species

12 (14.4)

Shigella flexneri

6 (50.0)

Shigella dysenteriae

4 (33.3)

Shigella boydii

2 (16.7)

Campylobacter jejuni

3 (3.5)

  1. DEC diarrhoeagenic E. coli, ETEC enterotoxigenic E. coli, EIEC enteroinvasive E. coli, EAEC enteroaggregative E. coli, enteropathogenic E. coli, n number