Etiology and management of diarrhoeal diseases in Karachi

The incidence of diarrhoeal disease are very high in our population and bacterial etiology amounts to 43.55% of all cases. Pathogen such as Aeromonas hydrophila, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Yersinia enterocolitica and Campylobacter are also present in significant numbers, they make up 50% of bacterial causes. All enteric pathogens can be easily isolated on commonly used media and could be precisely identified by simple biochemical tests.