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Etiology of bacterial and parasitic enteropathogens among patients with acute diarrhea in Babylon province
Joint Authors
al-Musawi, Hawra Sabah
al-Dulaymi, Tasahyl H.
al-Hindi, Zaynah Sh. K.
Source
Iraqi Journal of Biotechnology
Issue
Vol. 15, Issue 3 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology for Postgraduate Studies
Publication Date
2016-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Infectious gastroenteritis is one of the most common diseases in most people .
To clarify the infectious etiology of diarrhea in some patient aged from 8-30 years, we collected in clean suitable container stool samples from 78 patients with diarrhea from general teaching Hilla Hospital from September \2014 to April\2015.
From 78 diarrheal cases, only 38 (48.71%) cases are caused by bacteria and 27 (34.6 %) cases are caused by parasites , also there are 13 (16.66%) cases have mixed infection between them.
Gram negative bacteria formed 76.31% (29 cases) represented by E.
coli 16 cases (55.17%), Salmonella spp.6 cases (20.68%), Shigella 3 cases (10.34%), Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2 cases (6.89%) for each one.
While gram positive bacteria consists 23,68% (9ases) represented by Clostridium spp.
4 cases (44.44%), Bacillus spp.
3cases (33.33%) and Staphylococcus aureus 2cases (22.22%), while parasitic infection were Giardia lamblia appears as the most frequent parasitic causative agent 11cases (40.74 %) followed by Entamoeba histolytica 9 (33.33% ), Entrobius vermicalaris 4 (14.81%) , Hymenolips nana 3 (11.11%).
Increased rate of infection were falls on the first and second age groups, and also high rate of infection were recorded in females than in males.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Musawi, Hawra Sabah& al-Hindi, Zaynah Sh. K.& al-Dulaymi, Tasahyl H.. 2016. Etiology of bacterial and parasitic enteropathogens among patients with acute diarrhea in Babylon province. Iraqi Journal of Biotechnology،Vol. 15, no. 3, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Musawi, Hawra Sabah…[et al.]. Etiology of bacterial and parasitic enteropathogens among patients with acute diarrhea in Babylon province. Iraqi Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 15, no. 3 (2016), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Musawi, Hawra Sabah& al-Hindi, Zaynah Sh. K.& al-Dulaymi, Tasahyl H.. Etiology of bacterial and parasitic enteropathogens among patients with acute diarrhea in Babylon province. Iraqi Journal of Biotechnology. 2016. Vol. 15, no. 3, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-769526
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 6-7
Record ID
BIM-769526