Distribution of Bacterial Enteric Pathogens Isolated from Diarrheic Children

Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi

Efsun AKBA޹  Pınar ZARAKOLU¹  Belkıs LEVENT¹  Ayşegül GÖZALAN¹ 

[1] Refik Saydam Hıfzıssıhha Merkez Başkanlığı, Mikrobiyoloji ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Bölümü, ANKARA;

关键词: Salmonella;    Shigella;    Campylobacter;    Vibrio cholerae;    Aeromonas;    Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7;    Yersinia enterocolitica;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In this study, we planned to investigate the distribution of Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter jejuni and the other pathogens like Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139, Aeromonas spp, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 and Yersinia enterocolitica in the stool samples of children in whom gastrointestinal infections are most commonly seen. For this purpose, 1200 stool samples from diarrheic and 100 stool samples from healthy children were investigated between June 1995 and October 1997. After microscopic examination, the samples were inoculated in the enrichment broths, then streaked onto selective media. The suspected colonies were then identified by the conventional biochemical methods and/or by API 20E (BioMerieux, France). Then the diagnosis of Salmonella, Shigella, V. cholerae O1 and O139, EHEC 0157:H7 were confirmed by slide agglutination tests with Difco antisera. Enteric pathogens were determined in 13.7% of the samples. The distribution of enteric pathogens were as follows: C. jejuni (72 isolates, 6%), Shigella (54 isolates, 4.5%), Salmonella (30 isolates, 2.5%), EHEC 0157:H7 (5 isolates) and Aeromonas caviae/hydrophila (4 isolates). There were no V. cholerae O1 and O139 and Y. enterocolitica isolates in our population. In one sample A. hydrophila and C. jejuni were isolated at the same time. No enteric pathogen was determined in the healthy control group. We conclude that like most laboratories in the world, Salmonella, Shigella and Campylobacter species should be investigated in routine stool cultures unless there is an additional order for the other enteric pathogens.

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