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Archives   2004

Myanmar   Health   Sciences   Research   Journal

Volume   16,  Number   1-3

TITLE:   Bacterial pathogens isolated from acute diarrhea cases of children at Yangon Children's Hospital.
AUTHOR:   Mar Mar Nyein; Mi Mi Htwe; Aye Aye Maw; Wah Wah Aung; Khin Aye Aye Tun; Khin Myat Tun
SOURCE:   Myanmar Health Sciences Research Journal. 2004; 16(1-3): 35-41
ABSTRACT:   Rectal swab samples were collected in Cary Blair transport media from 313 cases (male=179; female =134) of children (less than nine year old) who where admidded to Yangon children's Hospital durining 1999 to 2003. They were processed by standard conventional bacteriologenic methods.The enteric pathogens isolated were enteropathogenic Escherichia coil (EPEC) (23.64%); Shigella spp. (3.5% ) ; Vibrio cholerae (8.31% ) and Salmonella typhi (0.32% ). Total pathogen isolation rate was as follows: 1999 (20.59%) ; 2001 (35.79% ) ; 2002 (21.82%) and in 2003 (60%). In other teams EPEC isolation rate increased from 16.18% in 1999 ; 17.89% in 2001 ; 10.91% in 2002 and 41.05% in 2003. Vibrio cholerae was not isoloaed in 1999 but increased beginning from 2000 (7.37%; 2001 (3.64%) to 2003 (17.89%). Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of EPEC has shown that they were resistant to ampicillin, amikacin and tetracycline. Also 66.7% and 93.75% of Vibrio cholerae were resistand to ampicillin in 2001 and in 2003 repectly. Similarly, 50% and 75% of V.cholerae were resistant to tetracycline in 2001 and 2003 respectively.
SUBJECT HEADINGS:   Diarrhea. Bacteriology. Child.
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