ISOLATION OF AEROMONAS SPECIES FROM DIARRHEAL PATIENTS IN ISMAILIA GOVERNORATE
Mansour, S., Abdalla, S., Ali, M., Zeitoun, A. (2006). ISOLATION OF AEROMONAS SPECIES FROM DIARRHEAL PATIENTS IN ISMAILIA GOVERNORATE. EKB Journal Management System, 29(1), 59-65. doi: 10.21608/bfsa.2006.65180
Samar M. Mansour; Salah M. Abdalla; Mohamed Farid A. F. Ali; Alaa A. Zeitoun. "ISOLATION OF AEROMONAS SPECIES FROM DIARRHEAL PATIENTS IN ISMAILIA GOVERNORATE". EKB Journal Management System, 29, 1, 2006, 59-65. doi: 10.21608/bfsa.2006.65180
Mansour, S., Abdalla, S., Ali, M., Zeitoun, A. (2006). 'ISOLATION OF AEROMONAS SPECIES FROM DIARRHEAL PATIENTS IN ISMAILIA GOVERNORATE', EKB Journal Management System, 29(1), pp. 59-65. doi: 10.21608/bfsa.2006.65180
Mansour, S., Abdalla, S., Ali, M., Zeitoun, A. ISOLATION OF AEROMONAS SPECIES FROM DIARRHEAL PATIENTS IN ISMAILIA GOVERNORATE. EKB Journal Management System, 2006; 29(1): 59-65. doi: 10.21608/bfsa.2006.65180

ISOLATION OF AEROMONAS SPECIES FROM DIARRHEAL PATIENTS IN ISMAILIA GOVERNORATE

Bulletin of Pharmaceutical Sciences Assiut University
Article 4, Volume 29, Issue 1, 2006, Page 59-65  XML PDF (152.28 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/bfsa.2006.65180
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Authors
Samar M. Mansour1; Salah M. Abdalla* 1; Mohamed Farid A. F. Ali2; Alaa A. Zeitoun3
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
2Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
3Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
Abstract
In order to know the prevalence of Aeromonas species as a causative agent of diarrhea in Ismailia, Three hundreds and fifty stool samples and rectal swabs were collected from infants and children under the age of 5 years visiting El Kilo11Clinic suffering from acute diarrhea in the period from May 2004 to September 2004. A stool samples were collected from control group of fifty healthy infants and children of matched age and sex. It was found that 29 diarrheal samples were positive for Aeromonas species with prevalence of 8.28%. None of control samples were positive for Aeromonas. In most cases it was found that the infection is water or food borne. Aeromonas strains show high degree of antibiotic susceptibility.
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