Etiology of acute diarrhea among children in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil

Authors

  • Marta Inês Cazentini MEDEIROS Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Laboratório I
  • Suzel Nogueira NEME Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Laboratório I
  • Paulo da SILVA Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Laboratório I
  • Divani Maria CAPUANO Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Laboratório I
  • Maria Clarice ERRERA Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Laboratório I
  • Sueli Aparecida FERNANDES Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Laboratório Central
  • Glória Reginado VALLE Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Laboratório Central
  • Fernando Antonio de AVILA Universidade Estadual de São Paulo; Departamento de Microbiologia

Keywords:

Enteropathogens, Diarrhea, Children

Abstract

To study the main enteropathogens causing diarrhea in the region of Ribeirão Preto regarding serogroups and serotypes, the feces of 1836 children under 10 years old, from both sexes, attack of acute gastroenteritis, were analysed during a period of 4 years in Adolfo Lutz Institute - Ribeirão Preto, SP. The pathogens identified by standard methods were the following: Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Campylobacter spp., Yersinia spp., and Cryptosporidium spp. Positive samples were 22.8% (419) with 1.7% association of pathogens. Larger isolates were mainly from children 0 to 11 months old. Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) was most frequent (8.7%) with predominance of serogroup O119 (40.2%), followed by Shigella (6.2%), 63.6% of which S. sonnei.

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Published

2001-02-01

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 1 (2001)

Section

Microbiology

How to Cite

MEDEIROS, M. I. C., NEME, S. N., SILVA, P. da, CAPUANO, D. M., ERRERA, M. C., FERNANDES, S. A., VALLE, G. R., & AVILA, F. A. de. (2001). Etiology of acute diarrhea among children in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 43(1), 21-24. https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/30476