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S Purwar1, D Bhattacharya2, S C Metgud3
1Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh; Department of Microbiology, KLE University's, J N Medical College, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.
Background:
Global, regional and national estimates clearly place diarrhoeal diseases as a major, albeit to an extant neglected public health problem. Deaths of children aged <5 years owing to diarrhoea was estimated to be 1.87 million at the global level (uncertainty range from 1.56 to 2.19 million), which is approximately 19% of total child deaths.
Objectives:
The present report is a cross-sectional study undertaken to estimate the role of various aetiological agents causing diarrhoea in North Karnataka and adjoining areas of Maharashtra and Goa.
Methods:
Three hundred stool samples were collected from patients seeking health care at KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Belgaum; and processed for detection of various bacterial, viral and parasitic agents.
Results:
Bacterial pathogens attributed to 65.7% of diarrhoea cases, followed by viral infection (22%), parasitic infection (16.3%) and infection by Candida spp. (5.6%). The study identified Escherichia coli in general and Enteropathogenic E. coli in particular, and Group A Rotavirus to be the most frequently isolated pathogens among diarrhoea patients.
Conclusion:
The data generated from the current study will help the health officials for better interventional and treatment strategies for diarrhoeal diseases.
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