Studying the causative agents of diarrhea among children under five years in Wasit Province

Abstract

Bacterial infections are one of common cause of children diarrhea which causing mortality and morbidity worldwide. In this study One hundred – seventy stool samples were collected from children under five years old suffering from diarrhea. these samples were collected from AL-Ka - Teaching Hospital in the Kut city, Al-Shahid Firoz General Hospital in Al-Hay City, and Al-Azizia General Hospital in Wasit Province, during period months from October, November, and December from 2014. Then these samples examined and cultured, and isolates were identified by conventional methods, and test their sensitivity for antibiotics by disc diffusion method.
The results showed that the bacteria are isolates from 91 samples from the total number of samples, while remaining are parasitic infections. The percentage of infections caused by E. coli (91 samples) is 53.529 % , While the percentage caused by Entamoeba histolytica (63 samples) is 37.058 % , and infection by Giardia lamblia (11 samples) is 6.47 % , and infection by Monillia fungi (3 samples) is 1.764 %, and infection by Hymenolepis nana (2 samples) is 1.176 %. The most common bacterial caused diarrhea in children is E. coli, and then Klebsiella, while the common parasite caused diarrhea is E. histolytica, and then Giardia lamblia , Monillia fungi, and H. nana.
Also the results showed that Ceftizoxime is good antibiotic high effect against E. coli, while Erythromycin is less effect antibiotic against it.