Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy
Open Access

Abstract

A survey to determine the significance of bacterial species as possible pathogenic microorganism that cause diarrhea was
carried out in University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City, Nigeria. The prevalence, age, sex, and maternal
level of education to their association with diarrhea in children younger than five years of age were determined. Stool specimen
from 202 children younger than five years of age were collected and assessed for microbiological profile of enteric pathogens.
Antimicrobial susceptibility tests were performed on all identified relevant isolates using disc diffusion method. The prevalence
of infectious diarrhea was age specific being highest at the age of 7-12 months and lowest at the age of 37-48 months. Escherichia
coli was the most frequently isolated bacteria in all age groups (62.8%) However, the isolation rate of Staphylococcus aureus and
Klebsiella species in this study depict these bacteria as veritable aetiological pathogen of infectious childhood diarrhea. The disk
diffusion testing for the antibiotic susceptibility illustrates a generally increased resistance by all bacteria strain tested. Periodic
laboratory - based survey for bacteria pathogens associated with diarrhea of children should be emphasized to clarify their
epidemiological significance and facilitate effective prevention and control.

Biography

Yakubu Juliet M is an academic staff in Federal University Wukari-Nigeria where she teaches in the Department of Microbiology. Her research interests in the
environment are focused on the resistance of bacteria to antimicrobials.