| Summary: | <p>This study aimed to determine the prevalence and abundance of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli (AR-Ec) among people and drinking water in high (Hajiganj, >100 μg/L) and low arsenic-contaminated (Matlab, <20 μg/L) areas in Bangladesh. Drinking water and stool from mothers and their children (<1 year) were collected from 50 households per area. AR-Ec was detected via selective culture plating and isolates were tested for antibiotic resistance, arsenic resistance, and diarrheagenic genes by PCR. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) analysis was done for 30 E. coli isolates from 10 households.</p>
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<p>Related publication: Amin M.B., Talukdar, P.K., Asaduzzaman, M., Roy, S., Flatgard, B.M., et al. (2023) Correction: Effects of chronic exposure to arsenic on the fecal carriage of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli among people in rural Bangladesh. PLOS Pathogens 19(9): e1011690. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011690</p>
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