Bacteriological investigations of infantile gastroenteritis in Ife, Nigeria.
This study examined rectal swabs of 84 infants aged between 4 weeks and 5 years old, who reported with gastroenteritis at the out-patient department of Ife State Hospital. Patients consisted of 47 males and 37 females. Bacterial pathogens [enteropathogenic E. coli (10 strains), Salmonella sp. (1 strain) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (2 strains)] were isolated from 13 patients. A single pathogen was recovered from each patient. Almost all (12) pathogens were isolated from patients under 2 years old, who comprised 63 (75%) of the total sample. The highest isolation rate (22%) was in the age group 18-23 months, which consisted of 37 (44%) of the study population.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012480:Salmonella Infections; D012760:Shigella / Q000302:isolation & purification