Transmissible drug resistance among infantile enteropathogenic escherichia coli strains and urinary non lactose fermenting E coli strains isolated in Alexandria, Egypt

ABSTRACT

As a part of surveillance of drug resistance in eterobacteria in Alexandria, Egypt, two groups of E. coli were selected 20 EPEC strains isolated from the stools of diarrheal infants and 11 strains of NLF E. coli [atypical E. coli] isolated from urine of outpatients suffering from persistent urinary tract infection. Antibiotic sensitivity testing revealed that 80% of EPEC and 72% of NLF E. coli were resistant to more than two antibiotics. 62.5% of the resistant EPEC were able to transfer resistance to various degrees to the standard recipient and the commonest pattern transferred was AM C S N SD; only one strain of NLF E. coli initially resistant to AM C N S SD TE SXT was able to transfer resistance to AM C N TE to the standard recipient