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Archives   2006

Myanmar   Health   Sciences   Research   Journal

Volume   18,  Number   2

TITLE:   Serogroup distribution of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from infants with acute diarrhoea admitted to Yangon Children's Hospital (2004).
AUTHOR:   Mar Mar Nyein; Yaminn; Mo Mo Win; Aye Aye Maw; Thein Aung
SOURCE:   Myanmar Health Sciences Research Journal. 2006; 18(2): 100-103
ABSTRACT:   Bacteriological characteristics of enteropathogenic Escherichia coliin 200 infants (<12 months) with diarrhoea diseases admitted to Yangon Children’s Hospital from July to December, 2004 were studied. Isolation of bacterial pathogens was done from rectal swabs in Cary-Blair transport media which were plated onto selective media for specific bacterial pathogens. The most frequently isolated bacterial pathogen wasEnteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) accounting for 21% (42 cases) of the tested cases. The EPEC was isolated from 17.39%, 23.21% and 20.66% from <2, 2-6 and 6-12 months of age groups respectively. Isolated E. coli serogroups were O26K60, O25K+, O55K59, O119K69 (4 cases each), O6K51 (3 cases each), O1K51, O27K+, O78K80 O114K90, O125K70, O127K63 and O148K+ (2 cases each), and one case each of O8K40, O44K74, O28K73, O86K62, O112K66, O136K78 and O144Kx2. Antibiotic susceptibility revealed that EPEC was sensitive to amikacin (79.5%), cefotaxime (69.2%), netilmicin (66.6%), gentamicin (51.3%), norfloxacin (33.3%), chloramphenicol (20.5%) and to co-trimoxazole (5%). All EPEC tested were resistant to ampicillin.
SUBJECT HEADINGS:   Escherichia coli. Diarrhea.
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