Diarrhoeagenic E. coli occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases isolated from diarrhoea patients attending health facilities in Accra, Ghana

• Helena Dela ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: helena.ogum@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science (DABCS), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8118-9965

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• Beverly Egyir,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Ayodele O. Majekodunmi,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science (DABCS), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4986-8284

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• Eric Behene,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Clara Yeboah,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Dominic Ackah,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Richard N. A. Bongo,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation Institut de Recherche en Elevage pour le Développement (IRED), N’djamena, Chad

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• Bassirou Bonfoh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bassirou Bonfoh, Kennedy Kwasi Addo

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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• Jakob Zinsstag ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JZ and LB also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH), Swiss TPH, Basel Switzerland

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• Langbong Bimi ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JZ and LB also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science (DABCS), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Kennedy Kwasi Addo

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bassirou Bonfoh, Kennedy Kwasi Addo

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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