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Frequency of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in children with diarrhoea in Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran.

Escherichia coli O157:H7 has been implicated in diarrhoea, dysentery, haemorrhagic colitis and uraemic haemolytic syndrome but is not routinely cultured in laboratories. We tested 322 samples from children referred with diarrhoea to a clinic in Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran. There were 21 sorbit...

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Published in:Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 1022 - 1028
Main Authors: Fard AH, Bokaeian M, Qureishi ME
Format: research Journal Article
Published: World Health Organization sep/oct2008
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        atl: Frequency of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in children with diarrhoea in Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran.
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          Fard AH
          Bokaeian M
          Qureishi ME
        affil: Department of Microbiology, School of Paramedicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran. ahmohagh@yahoo.com
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          Diarrhea Epidemiology
          Diarrhea Microbiology
          Escherichia Coli Infections Microbiology
          Escherichia Coli
          Bacterial Typing Techniques
          Child, Preschool
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Demography
          Diarrhea Diagnosis
          Drug Resistance, Microbial
          Escherichia Coli Infections Diagnosis
          Escherichia Coli Infections Epidemiology
          Feces Microbiology
          Health Screening
          Hospitals, Pediatric
          Infant
          Iran
          Male
          Microbial Culture and Sensitivity Tests
          Patient Admission Statistics and Numerical Data
          Population
          Prevalence
          Human
          Child, Preschool: 2-5 years
          Infant: 1-23 months
          Male
      ab: Escherichia coli O157:H7 has been implicated in diarrhoea, dysentery, haemorrhagic colitis and uraemic haemolytic syndrome but is not routinely cultured in laboratories. We tested 322 samples from children referred with diarrhoea to a clinic in Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran. There were 21 sorbitol-negative E. coli isolated; serotyping revealed 4 strains positive for O157, out of which only 2 strains were identified as E. coli O157:H7. Both cases were boys, aged 1.5 and 4 years respectively. Antibiotic sensitivity testing found the strains were sensitive for amikacin, gentamicin, nitrofurantoin and tobramycin and resistant to chloramphenicol, cefalexin, cefalothin and co-trimoxazole.
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