Diarrhea genic Escherichia Coli in children with acute gastroenteritis at Minia Governorate. | ||||
| Minia Journal of Medical Research | ||||
| Volume 31, Issue 2, April 2020, Page 97-101 PDF (324.6 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjmr.2022.220844 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Rasha M. Mahmud Khairy; Soha S. Abd El-Raheem; Zahra A. Fathy | ||||
| Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Diarrheagenic E. coli are a common cause of infant diarrhea in developing countries, but their impact in pediatric infectious diarrhea in industrialized nations remains unclear. The aim of the current study was to isolate E. coli strains from stool specimens of gastroenteritis kids. The study includes children below 5years old, whose main complaint was acute diarrhea, characterized by the occurrence of three or more, loose, liquid, or watery stools in a 24h period in addition to one or more symptoms of diarrhea, (nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps or fecal urgency). This study was carried out in the Microbiology and Immunology department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, in the period from May 2017 to December 2018. Stool samples were collected in sterile bottles and the stool characters (loose, watery, formed, a mucoid appearance, or bloody) were reported. Stool specimens were directly streaked onto Mac-Conkey agar (Difco, Detroit, Mich.) for isolation of E. coli. The identities of these isolates as E. coli were confirmed by different biochemical tests. E. coli isolates only were included. Antimicrobial susceptibility to the most common antibiotics was performed in the study isolates. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| nausea; vomiting; abdominal cramps or fecal urgency | ||||
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