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The indelible toll of enteric pathogens: Prevalence, clinical characterization, and seasonal trends in patients with acute community-acquired diarrhea in disenfranchised communities
Osman M, Kassem I, Dabboussi F, Cummings K, Hamze M. The indelible toll of enteric pathogens: Prevalence, clinical characterization, and seasonal trends in patients with acute community-acquired diarrhea in disenfranchised communities. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0282844. PMID: 36913372, PMCID: PMC10010529, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282844.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnteropathogenic E. coliEnteroaggregative Escherichia coliEnterotoxigenic E. coliEnteric pathogensCross-sectional community-based studyAcute community-acquired diarrheaMultivariable logistic regression modelCommon parasitic agentsCommunity-acquired diarrheaCommunity-based studyPublic health challengeLogistic regression modelsGII infectionsAcute diarrheaMiddle-income countriesGastrointestinal PanelDiarrheic patientsEnteric infectionsOverall prevalenceRisk factorsStool samplesClinical characterizationETEC infectionDiarrheal diseaseEtiologic agent
2022
Antimicrobial resistance trends among canine Escherichia coli isolated at a New York veterinary diagnostic laboratory between 2007 and 2020
Osman M, Albarracin B, Altier C, Gröhn Y, Cazer C. Antimicrobial resistance trends among canine Escherichia coli isolated at a New York veterinary diagnostic laboratory between 2007 and 2020. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 2022, 208: 105767. PMID: 36181749, PMCID: PMC9703301, DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsCephalosporinsDog DiseasesDogsDrug Resistance, BacterialEnrofloxacinEscherichia coliEscherichia coli InfectionsFluoroquinolonesGentamicinsMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNew YorkRetrospective StudiesTrimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug CombinationConceptsTrimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistanceBody sitesGood first-line choiceCanine urinary tract infectionsResistant isolatesResistance trendsLaboratory Standards Institute breakpointsMultivariable logistic regression modelAntimicrobial resistance surveillance studyUrinary tract infectionDrug-resistant Escherichia coliFirst-line choiceAvailable clinical dataDrug-resistant E. coliAntimicrobial susceptibility patternsRetrospective study designUse of fluoroquinolonesE. coli infectionAntimicrobial resistance trendsResistance surveillance studiesClinical E. coliLogistic regression modelsEnrofloxacin-resistant isolatesSurvival analysis dataMIC trends