title: Rotavirus is Predominent Enteropathogen in Acute Childhood Diarrhea in Mymensingh.
abstract: The study was carried out from July 2011 to June 2012 in the Department of Microbiology, Mymensingh Medical College. A total of 200 clinically diagnosed diarrheal paediatrics patients were included in this study. Stool specimens were examined by standard laboratory methods for identification of enteropathogens. Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains were detected by Multiplex PCR following standard methods and Rotavirus genome was detected by Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (PAGE). Rotavirus was the most common enteropathogen detected in 69(34.5%) cases, followed by Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) and Campylobacter species in 34(17.0%) and 23(11.5%) cases respectively. Rotavirus detection rate was high in upto 1 year age group which was 51(25.5%).
authors.affiliation: Dr Santana Rani Sarkar, Medical Officer, Department of Microbiology, Mymensingh Medical College (MMC), Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Monwar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*