Antibiogram of enteropathogenic e. coli strains in infantile diarrhoea

Antibiotic sensitivity of 65 strains of enteropathogenic E. Coli, isolated from 194 cases of infantile diarrhoea was done. All the three serotypes 026, 086 and 055 Were found to be sensitive to garamycin and furazoladine, while most of these were resistant to chloramphenicol. 026 and 086 strains were resistant to neomycin also whereas it was effective against 055.