Bacteriological study of diarrheal cases in children under 5 years in the Tikrit city

Abstract

Diarrheal  disease  is  common  among  children  worldwide,  especially developing countries, and common causes of mortality in children under the age of five. One hundred and fifty stool samples were collected from children with diarrhea below five years from the beginning of August 2016 until the end of December 2016.The prevalence of diarrhea was different among males and females: 47.11% of males were collected, while 52.88% of bacterial females. The study revealed that 104 isolates were identified from patients with diarrhea. These bacteria were isolated and diagnosed based on phenotype and biochemical tests.The most isolated bacteria were Serr a tia  odor ifera  (17.30%), followed by  E.coli (14.42%) ,Sa lmonella (9.61%) , K.pneumonia e (5.76%) and S.sa prophyticus (5.76%), the results of the sensitivity test for 13 antibiotics were shown using the disc method and there was a different the levels of resistance to different antimicrobial agents.