title: Microorganisms and parasites in chronic infective diarrhea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To reveal the pattern of microorganisms in chronic infective diarrhea cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined all patients suffering from chronic infective diarrhea over a six year period The patients were examined physically and at the same time laboratory tests,colon enema X-ray and colonoscopy, ileoscopy, upper GI endoscopy and small bowel X-ray were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found 138 (66. 7%) chronic infective diarrhea from 207 chronic diarrhea patients. Parasitic causes were Candida albicans (48.55%), Blastocystis hominis (6.52%), Entamoeba histolytica (3.62%), and Giardia lamblia (3.62%) etc. Bacterial causes were Pathogenic E. coli(34.78%), Aerobacter aerogenes (3.62%), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (3.62%), Geotrichum (1.45%), Shigella sonnei(0. 72%), Salmonella paratyphi (2.89%)etc.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most frequent microorganisms and parasites found in chronic infective diarrhea were pathogenic E.coli and Candida albicans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia.
authors.forename: Marcellus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simadibrata
authors.forename: G N J
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Tytgat
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yuwono
authors.lastname: Daldiyono
authors.forename: Laurentius A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Lesmana
authors.forename: Ari Fahrial
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Syam
authors.forename: Iwan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ariawan
authors.forename: Aziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004403:Dysentery / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology