Table 2 Distribution of different enteropathogenic bacteria(n = 274) isolated from diarrheal patients

Diarrheagenic E.coli (n = 118, 5 serogroups)

118 (43.1)

 EPEC

  Atypical (eae+ , bfpA−)

58 (49.2)

  Typical (eae+ , bfpA +)

9 (7.6)

 EAEC

  aggR+

28 (23.7)

 ETEC

  est+

9 (7.6)

  elt+

6 (5.1)

  Both+

2 (1.7)

 EIEC (ipaH +)

5(4.2)

 STEC (eae + , stx1 +)^a

1 (0.8)

Salmonella spp. (n = 109, 33 serotypes)

109 (39.8)

 S. enteritidis

35 (32.1)

 S. typhimurium

15 (13.8)

 Salmonella 1, 4, [5], 12:i:-

13 (11.9)

 S. agona

10 (9.2)

 S. paratyphi C

4 (3.7)

 S. infantis

3 (2.8)

 S. braenderup

2 (1.8)

 S. tennessee

2 (1.8)

 Other serotypes^b

25 (22.5)

Shigella spp. (n = 37, 4 serotypes)

37 (13.5)

 S. sonnei

32 (86.5)

 S. flexneri 2a

2 (5.4)

 S. flexneri 4c

2 (5.4)

 S. dysenteriae 2

1 (2.7)

V. parahaemolyticus (n = 10, 3 serotypes)

10 (3.6)

 V. parahaemolyticus O3:K6

8 (80)

 V. parahaemolyticus O3:KUT

1 (10)

 V. parahaemolyticus O1:KUT

1 (10)

Total

274 (100)

Mixed infections (n = 5)

 EPEC/Salmonella (S. enteritidis)

1

 EPEC/Salmonella (S. infantis)

1

 EAEC/Salmonella (S. typhimurium)

1

 EPEC/Shigella (S. sonnei)

1

 EPEC/EAEC

1