Isolation and serotyping of salmonella species in diarrheal children

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This study was carried out to isolate Salmonella species from children, 170 fecal samples were collected from children aged (5-12) years of both sexes that had suffering from diarrhea in Teaching laboratories of Al- Hussein Hospital in Thi-Qar governorate.

Nineteen isolates were diagnosed as genus Salmonella and ensured by National center of Salmonella in Baghdad, five Salmonella serotypes were determined as (Salmonella typhimurium (8) (42.1 %), S.braenderup (6) (31.58 %), S.hadar (3) (15.78 %), S.eneritidis (1) (5.27 %), and S.

munchen (1) (5.27 %).

The results revealed that the rate of Salmonella isolates in fecal samples of children was (11.17 %).

According to gender of children the rate of Salmonella isolates was (68.42 %) in males and (31.58 %) in females.

In respect to the rate of Salmonella isolation in different age of children ; age (5-8) years showed the highest rate respectively.

This article is a part of master thesis.