Bacteria associated with diarrhoea in children in khartoum state, Sudan 2006

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to identify enterobacteria in children suffering from diarrhoea in Khartoum State [Khartoum and Khartoum North]. Samples of diarrhoeal stool were collected during the period from May to June 2006 from 60 children aged between 4 months to 5 years suffering from diarrhoea. Isolated bacteria were identified on the basis of their cultural and biochemical characteristics and included the following species Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhi from 5 specimens S. paratyphi from 5 specimens, S. typhimurium from 4 specimens Shigella dysenteriae from one specimen, Sh. Flexneri from 2 specimens, Sh.boydii from one specimen, Proteus vulgaris from 2 specimens, Klebsiella pneumoniae from 4 specimens, K. rhinosehermatis from 2 specimens and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from 6 specimens. The susceptibility of isolated bacteria to some antibiotics using the multi disk method was variable