PMID: 9443113Jan 27, 1998Paper

Small bowel and fecal microbiology in children suffering from persistent diarrhea in Bangladesh

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
P K BardhanD Mahalanabis

Abstract

The etiology of persistent diarrhea in children is multifactorial. The objective of the current study was to ascertain the role of microorganisms in the etiology and pathogenesis of persistent diarrhea in a group of children in Bangladesh. Enteric pathogens and total aerobic microflora were studied in the duodenal aspirates of 100 children with persistent diarrhea and compared with those in aspirates of 30 children with acute diarrhea, and those in aspirates of 15 healthy control children. The enteric pathogens in the stools of these children and in stools of an additional 38 patients with persistent diarrhea and 12 with acute diarrhea were also studied. Approximately two thirds of the patients with acute diarrhea and persistent diarrhea, and half of the control subjects had more than 10(5) organisms per milliliter of duodenal fluid. Significantly, more patients with persistent diarrhea had a greater variety of flora than did patients with acute diarrhea and control subjects. The predominant organisms in patients with acute diarrhea and in those with persistent diarrhea were Gram-negative rods, whereas those in control subjects were Gram-positive cocci. Significantly more acute diarrhea patients and persistent diarrhea patients...Continue Reading

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