[Frequency of pathogenic enterobacteria in infantile diarrheic processes in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil].
326 samples of diarrheal feces obtained from children whose ages ranged from zero to 5 years, admitted in two rehydration hospitals in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, were analyzed. Feces were placed in Cary-Blair medium (4 degrees C) for shipment to the laboratory. There was no difference in the rate of bacteria isolation if the samples were analyzed within the period from 3 to 7 days of collection. 19.02% of the analyzed samples were positives for at least one of the searched bacteria, 26 Salmonella belonging to 3 species, 21 classic enteropathogenic E. coli, 1 invasive E. coli, 10 Shigella belonging to 3 serotypes and 1 Yersinia enterocolitica were found.
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Centro de Pesquiasas Aggeu Magalhães-FIOCRUZ, Departamento de Microbiologia, Recife, PE, Brasil.
Cavalcanti
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Jesuita
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Da Silva
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B
dos Reis
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Solari
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Hofer
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D001938:Brazil; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000382:microbiology; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012760:Shigella / Q000302:isolation & purification
Freqüencia de enterobactérias patogenicas em processors diarréicos infantis na cidade do Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil.