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The Scientific World Journal
Volume 2015, Article ID 610403, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/610403
Research Article

Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Phylogroups Are Associated with Antibiotic Resistance and Duration of Diarrheal Episode

Susan Mosquito,1 Maria J. Pons,2,3 Maribel Riveros,1 Joaquim Ruiz,2 and Theresa J. Ochoa1,4

1Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima 031, Peru
2ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
3Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Lima 09, Peru
4School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030, USA

Received 28 July 2014; Revised 7 February 2015; Accepted 11 February 2015

Academic Editor: Boris Martinac

Copyright © 2015 Susan Mosquito et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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