Incidence of Bacterial Enternopathogens Among Hospitalized Children Less Than 5 Years with Diarrhoea in Southern Orissa.

ABSTRACT

Bacteriological analysis of 1661 stool samples from children (<5 years) with diarrhoea who have been admitted to 3 different hospitals of Southern Orissa from Jan 2007 to Dec 2010 was carried out using standard procedures. Among all the samples, enteropathogens were isolated in 1199 culture positive samples wherein Escherichia coli was isolated in 927 cases( including 136 pathogenic Escherichia coli),Vibrio cholerae O1 in 174 samples; Shigella spp in 50 samples; Salmonella spps.in 18 samples, Klebsiella pneumoniae in 5 samples. The isolation of bacterial enteropathogens was highest during July 2008 followed by August 2006 and Cholera cases were isolated more during rainy season. Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates were resistant to co- trimoxazole, furazolidone and nalidixic acid. Many of the Pathogenic Escherichia coli strains showed varying resistance to ampicillin, furazolidone, cotrimoxazole, ciprofloxacin and nalidixic acid. Shigella spp. and Salmonella spp also showed varying resistance patterns. More studies are necessary to evaluate the contribution of enteropathogens in causing diarrhoeal diseases and to define the changing antibiogram patterns in this region.