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Background: The diagnosis of infectious agents of diarrhea among children is a challenging clinical problem in daily practice. Aim: This study was undertaken to detect some microbial agents among children suffuring from diarrhea below two years in Kirkuk city. Sitting and design: Clinical blocked controlled study on 221 children in Kirkuk city. Materials and methods: by Stool examination using different methods including routine stool examination for bacteria and parasites and some special tests for Rota viruses and other pathogens. Statistical analysis was performed using Chi-square test. Results: From examination of 221 stool samples, only 145(65.59% ) samples were positive for microbial agents, which included:35.29%,23.07% and 7.33 % for protozoan, rotavirus and bacterial infections respectively P<0.05.The common protozoa involve Entamoeba histolytica 19.09 %,Cryptosporidium oocysts 14.47 % and Giardia lamblia 0.90 % P<0.05.Realationship between the distribution of microbial infection in regard of gender and child age was significant in which protozoan infections in males 20.34% was higher than females14.91 %, while it was not significant in regard of Rota-virus and bacterial infections .Also intestinal infections rate 11.73 % was higher among children aging from 19 to 24 months than other age groups reversely to 8.13 % of rotavirus infection that recorded among children aging from one month to 6 months. High rate of rotavirus infection 15.38 % was recorded among children depending on bottle feed comparing to breast and mixed mode of feed P<0.05.While mixed modes of feeding both bottle & breast feeds reveal high rates of intestinal protozoa and bacterial infections, the rates were 14.47 % and 3.7 % respectively P<0.05.The association of microorganism distributions with family member numbers and child family residency were statistically significant P<0.05. Relationships between microbial distributions and socio-economic state of children families, stool consistency, pH and number of feces discharge per day were not significant statistically. Conclusion: microbial infectious agents rates among children below two years old in Kirkuk city were high specially Entamoeba histolytica ,Cryptosporidium parvum and rotavirus.
(2013). Detection of Some Microbial Infectious Agents among Children Aging Below Two Years in Kirkuk City. Kirkuk Journal of Medical Sciences, 1(1), 53-61. doi: 10.32894/kjms.2013.169491
Yahya Jirjees Salman; Luqman Ali Salih. "Detection of Some Microbial Infectious Agents among Children Aging Below Two Years in Kirkuk City". Kirkuk Journal of Medical Sciences, 1, 1, 2013, 53-61. doi: 10.32894/kjms.2013.169491
(2013). 'Detection of Some Microbial Infectious Agents among Children Aging Below Two Years in Kirkuk City', Kirkuk Journal of Medical Sciences, 1(1), pp. 53-61. doi: 10.32894/kjms.2013.169491
Detection of Some Microbial Infectious Agents among Children Aging Below Two Years in Kirkuk City. Kirkuk Journal of Medical Sciences, 2013; 1(1): 53-61. doi: 10.32894/kjms.2013.169491