Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella and Shigella species isolated from diarrheic children in Ambo town

W Tosisa, A Mihret, A Ararsa, T Eguale, T Abebe - BMC pediatrics, 2020 - Springer
Background Diarrhea, particularly of enteric bacterial pathogen, remains a major cause of
morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia. Despite the high prevalence of diarrheal disease among …

Etiology of diarrhea in young children and patterns of antibiotic resistance in Cambodia

CY Meng, BL Smith, L Bodhidatta… - The Pediatric …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background: Little is known about diarrhea etiology and antibiotic resistance in developing
countries where diarrhea is a major public health problem. Methods: To describe diarrhea …

Childhood diarrhea determinants in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross sectional study of Tiko-Cameroon

AB Tambe, DL Nzefa, NA Nicoline - Challenges, 2015 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Diarrhea remains the second leading cause of death among children under five
years globally. Nearly one in five child deaths, about 1.5 million each year, are due to …

[PDF][PDF] Frequency of viral, bacterial and parasitic enteropathogens among young children with acute diarrhoea in Saudi Arabia

A Johargy, H Ghazi, A Mumenah - J Pak Med Assoc, 2010 - academia.edu
Objective: The frequency of viral, bacterial and parasitic enteropathogens among 270
paediatric patients (< 5 years of age) in various hospitals of Makkah and Jeddah cities of …

[PDF][PDF] Magnitude and associated factors of diarrhea among under five children in Farta wereda, North West Ethiopia

G Gedamu, A Kumie, D Haftu - Qual Prim Care, 2017 - researchgate.net
Background: Diarrheal diseases are still the leading causes of under-five morbidity and
mortality in sub Saharan African countries including Ethiopia. The discrepancy in the effects …

High prevalence of selected viruses and parasites and their predictors in Malawian children

YM Fan, S Oikarinen, KM Lehto, N Nurminen… - Epidemiology & …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Enteric pathogens have been related to child undernutrition. Whereas there are lots of data
on enteric bacterial microbiota and infections, much less is known about the incidence of …

Etiology and pathogenicity of bacterial isolates: a cross sectional study among diarrheal children below five years in central regions of Kenya

OW Mbuthia, SG Mathenge, MO Oyaro… - Pan African Medical …, 2018 - ajol.info
Introduction: bacterial agents are among pathogens implicated to cause diarrhea in children
resulting to huge mortality and morbidities. Bacterial etiologies causing diarrhea in children …

Diarrhoeal pathogens in the stools of children living with HIV in Ibadan, Nigeria

OS Bejide, MA Odebode, BO Ogunbosi… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Diarrhoea can be debilitating in young children. Few aetiological investigations
in Africans living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have been performed since …

Antibiotic use attributable to specific aetiologies of diarrhoea in children under 2 years of age in low-resource settings: a secondary analysis of the MAL-ED birth cohort

SA Brennhofer, JA Platts-Mills, JA Lewnard, J Liu… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To quantify the frequency of antibiotic treatments attributable to specific enteric
pathogens due to the treatment of diarrhoea among children in the first 2 years of life in low …

Identification and antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacterial enteropathogens from children aged 0–59 months at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia …

H Chiyangi, JB Muma, S Malama, J Manyahi… - BMC infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background Bacterial diarrhoeal disease is among the most common causes of mortality
and morbidity in children 0–59 months at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka …