PREVALENCE AND ISOLATION OF BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH DIARRHOEA AMONG CHILDREN ATTENDING HOSPITALS IN KASAULI
Dr. Krishan Kumar* and Anita Kumari
ABSTRACT
A survey study was done to determine the prevalence of diarrhoea in children and isolation of bacterial species as a causative agent from three hospitals of Kasauli (Military Hospital, Primary Health Centre Kasauli Cantonment Hospital, ESIC Hospital, Kasauli). Bacterial agents causing infection, age- specificity, prevalence and feeding methods associated with diarrhoea in children younger than five years of age were determined. Out of the 400 fecal samples collected from diarrheal children, 220 samples was found to be positive for diarrhoea in children and highest prevalence was reported in the 0-6 months age, in infants in the present study. In the current study, the most predominant bacterial species isolated was E.coli in infants followed by Salmonella, Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus. The present study also provide information that bottle feeders are more infected than breast feeders due to unhygienic practices.
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