Pathotyping and Antibiotic Resistance Profiling of <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolates from Children with Acute Diarrhea in Amatole District Municipality of Eastern Cape, South Africa

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Antimicrobial agents</td><td class="align_center">Resistance gene</td><td class="align_center">Primer sequence (5<span class="nowrap"><svg height="11.4859pt" id="M3" style="vertical-align:-0.04979992pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -11.4361 3.89517 11.4859" width="3.89517pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,0,-5.741)"><path d="M310 541L304 571C290 586 211 619 185 610L80 76L131 52L310 541Z"></path></g></svg>-</span>3<span class="nowrap"><svg height="11.4859pt" id="M4" style="vertical-align:-0.04979992pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -11.4361 3.89517 11.4859" width="3.89517pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,0,-5.741)"><path d="M310 541L304 571C290 586 211 619 185 610L80 76L131 52L310 541Z"></path></g></svg>)</span></td><td class="align_center">Size (bp)</td><td class="align_center">Annealing temp (°C)</td><td class="align_center">References</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Chloramphenicol</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2"><i>cat</i>A1</td><td class="align_center">AGTTGCTCAATGTACCTATAACC</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">547</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">53</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">[<a href="/journals/bmri/2020/4250165/#B16" target="_blank">16</a>]</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">TTGTAATTCATTAAGCATTCTGCC</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Tetracycline</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2"><i>tet</i>A</td><td class="align_center">GGTTCACTCGAACGACGTCA</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">577</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">52</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">[<a href="/journals/bmri/2020/4250165/#B24" target="_blank">24</a>]</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">CTGTAAGACAAGTTGCATGA</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Primers for the screening of various resistant <i>E</i>. <i>coli</i> isolates for the presence of antimicrobial resistance genes.</div>

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Table 2: Pathotyping and Antibiotic Resistance Profiling of <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolates from Children with Acute Diarrhea in Amatole District Municipality of Eastern Cape, South Africa 

Table 2 | Pathotyping and Antibiotic Resistance Profiling of Escherichia coli Isolates from Children with Acute Diarrhea in Amatole District Municipality of Eastern Cape, South Africa 