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

Table 4

The pathotypes prevalence among confirmed 106 isolates according to patient’s age group.

E.coil pathotypes	Target gene	Prevalence (%)	0-11 months	>1-3 yrs	>3-5 yrs	>5-10 yrs	>10 yrs
DAEC	daaE	43 (41%)	16 (37.21%)	23 (53.49%)	3 (7%)	1 (2.33%)
EHEC	eaeA	18 (17%)		2 (11.11%)	5 (27.78%)	1 (5.56%)	10 (55.56%)
EIEC	Vir	11 (10%)			8 (72.73%)	2 (18.2%)	1 (9.1%)
EPEC	Eae	18 (17%)	8 (44.44%)	6 (33.33%)	3 (16.67%)	1 (5.6%)