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Surveying the Prevalence and Pattern of Antimicrobial Resistance of Yersinia Enterocolitica Among Diarrheal Children Attending Health Care Centers in Qom

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Ali Akbar Soleymani Rahbar1,*, Fariba Fayaz1, Ahad Zargarizadeh1, Reza Nikazma1
1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, IR Iran
*Corresponding Author: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, IR Iran. Email:, [email protected]. Email: [email protected]
Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases:Vol. 2, issue 3; 143-7
Published online:Jul 31, 2007
Article type:Brief Report
How to Cite:Soleymani Rahbar AA, Fayaz F, Zargarizadeh A, Nikazma R. Surveying the Prevalence and Pattern of Antimicrobial Resistance of Yersinia Enterocolitica Among Diarrheal Children Attending Health Care Centers in Qom. Arch Clin Infect Dis. 2007;2(3):. doi:

Abstract

Diarrhea is the most common causes of mortality, accounting for 15-20% among children. It is caused by numerous microorganisms including, Shigella, Salmonella, enteropathogenic E. coli, and Yersinia enterocolitica Yersinia enteroclitica is a gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic coccobacillus belonging to enterobacteriaceae. It causes numerous human diseases, mostly gastroenteritis.

Materials and methods:

A total of 800 diarrheal children aged less than 10 years entered this study. Suspected stool samples were cultured on both conventional enteric and cold-enriched media. Conventional enteric media included MacConkey agar, Cefsulodin-Irgasan-Novobiocin (CIN) agar, and Salmonella-Shigella Deoxycholate (2%) agar, while for cold-enriched media PBS (phosphate-buffered saline) (PH=7.2-7.8) was used. Other enteric pathogens including Salmonella, Shigella, and enteropathogenic E. coli were also isolated.

Results:

Of 800 suspected stool samples, 14 Yersinia enterocolitica were isolated (1.8%). Other enteric pathogens were as follow: 18 Shigella (2.3%), 32 enteropathogenic E. coli (4%), and 13 Salmonella (1.6%). Y. enterocolitica isolates were completely sensitive (100%) to gentamycin, kanamycin, ciprofloxacin, cefixim, cefataxim, and chloramphenicol, however, they were partially resistant to tetracycline (7.1%) and cotrimoxazole-nalidixic acid (14.3%). Yersinia enterocolitica isolates were completely resistant to ampicillin, penicillin, cephalotin, and erythromycin.

Conclusion:

Suspected diarrheal children should be checked for Yersinia enterocolitica using cold-enriched environment, while antibiogram studies are strongly recommended for positive isolates.

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© 2007, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

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