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Studies on the etiologic agents of infantile diarrhea in Riyadh

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Rectal swabs from children, aged from 1 month to 5 yr with diarrhea brought to the outpatient clinic of the Children Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were examined for the presence of common enteric pathogens both bacterial and viral. Important diarrheal pathogens were isolated from 30·6 per cent of the children. Rotavirus was detected from 16·7 per cent of the patients followed by EPEC 5·5 per cent, ETEC 4·6 per cent and Shigella sp. 3·7 per cent. No organism of Salmonella group was found in this group of children. Rotavirus was predominant in age groups between 1 month to 2 yr. Antibiotic resistance were less common in pathogenic bacteria but more prominent in the non pathogenic Esch. coli isolated from the stool. Fifty four of the Esch coli were resistant to 4–6 commonly used antibiotics such as tetracycline, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, kanamycin, streptomycin and cotrimoxazole. This high incidence of multiple resistance in the population may be attributed to indiscriminate use of antibiotics.

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    M. I. Huq Ph.D., A. R. Al Swailem M.R.C.P., S. Fares M.R.C.P. & A. R. M. A. Alim B.Sc.

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Huq, M.I., Al Swailem, A.R., Fares, S. et al. Studies on the etiologic agents of infantile diarrhea in Riyadh. Indian J Pediatr 52, 293–298 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02754862

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