Local Pattern of Acute Enteric Bacterial Infection  in School Students

K. Al-Bayatti, Khalid

	Local Pattern of Acute Enteric Bacterial Infection in School Students
Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science
Article 1, Volume 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 23-30
Author
Khalid K. Al-Bayatti
Abstract
Stool samples were collected from out patients aged 6-15 years ( primary and junior high school) attended Al-Karama hospital at Al-Karkh region of Baghdad during 3 successive years 2001, 2002, and 2003. A total of 582 samples from patients with diarrhea and 100 control samples from people of the same age were processed for Enteropathogenic bacteria. The percentage of patients with Enteropathogenic bacteria during 2001, 2002 and 2003 were 9.16%, 9.02% and 30.05% respectively. The frequency of people infected with Enteropathogenic bacteria during 2003 was four times the number in 2001 and 2002. Most of the bacterial isolates recovered were E.coli 58.33% ,91.66% and 58.70% during 2001, 2002 and 2003 respectively, followed by Klebsiella spp. 16.66% during 2001, and 20.63% during 2003, and to a less frequent other Enteropathogenic bacteria Proteus spp., Salmonlla spp. and Vibrio spp.. A similar distribution but with lower rates was noted from stools of control people. These results highlights on increased contamination and/or poor purification procedure of water supply to the general public which probably was one of the main causative agent for diarrhea in Baghdad city.

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