Microbial Etiology of Acute Diarrheoa in Children Under Ten Years of Age in Diyala, Iraq / Hospital-Based Study

Abstract

This study was conducted in the Al Batool Teaching Hospital in Ba’aqubah in Diyala city, from August 2019
to December 2019. In children under 10 years patients suffering from diarrhea with different gastrointestinal
complaints, Stool samples were collected from each patients use for microscopic examination and Culture
and sensitivity test. Diarrheal diseases are major problem of developing countries. Though precise data on
childhood mortality associated with diarrheal diseases in Iraq is not available, it has been estimated that
approximately 25% of child death are associated with diarrheal disease, particularly acute diarrhea. The
purpose of this study was to detect causative agent of acute diarrhea in children less than 10 years of age.
With the study of sensitivity to certain antibiotics. Bacterial pathogen infected cases 30 (60%) male and
20(40%) female, among the total enrolled cases the Escherichia coli was 30(60%), Klebsiella species was
17(34%) and kluyvera ascorbate species was 3 (6%).also the study detected that bacterial infection was
found to be of highest percentage, 26(52%) in the age group less than 1year, The least infection2 (4%) was
found in group between7-8. There were no detectable cases of bacterial infection among the age group of
9-10 years in this study.Amikacin showed efficacy in 26(96.6%) isolates of E.coli species, also showed
efficacy in 16(94.1%)isolate of Klebsiella spp.Amikacin,cefepime,meropenem,gantamicin showed efficacy
in 3(100%)isolate of Kluyvera ascorbate