SEROTYPING AND ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY TESTING OF ENTEROBACTERIAL PATHOGENS IN DIARRHOEAL PATIENTS OF KATHMANDU

Authors

  • Abhignya Subedi Central Department of Microbiology Tribhuvan University.
  • C D Shrestha National Public Health Laboratory, Teku.
  • R P Adhikari Central Department of Microbiology Tribhuvan University.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.856

Abstract

In a study carried out at National Public Health Laboratory, Teku, 236 samples were
collected from the diarrhoeal patients and half of them were The patients below 15
years of age. Altogether 61 pathogens belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae
were isolated. The presence of pathogens in the patterns below 5 years was highly
significant (P<0.05%). E coli was most common (68.8%) followed by Salmonella spp.
(16.4%) and Shigella spp. (14.7%). Enteropathogenic was E. coli was the most frequent
isolate (71.4%) among the pathogenic E. coli. Similarly, Salmonella typhimurium
was the commonest salmonellae and Shigella dysenteriae and Shigella flexneri were
the most commonly isolated shigellae. Most of the pathogens were sensitive to
Ciprofloxacin (72.1%) and least was sensitive to Ampicillin (9.8%). Only 4.9% of the
pathogens were sensitive to all the antibiotics tested.

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Published

2003-01-01

How to Cite

Subedi, A., Shrestha, C. D., & Adhikari, R. P. (2003). SEROTYPING AND ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY TESTING OF ENTEROBACTERIAL PATHOGENS IN DIARRHOEAL PATIENTS OF KATHMANDU. Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 41(143), 392–6. https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.856

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 143 (2002)

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Original Article

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