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Antibiotic susceptibility of Yersinia spp isolated from children with diarrhea
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Soltan Dallal MM   1, Vafaei Z2 , Haghi Ashtiani MT3 , Nikmanesh B4 , Rahimi Foroushani A5 |
1- Professor, Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Professor, Food Microbiology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , msoltandallal@gmail.com
2- M.Sc in Microbiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Professor, Department of Pathology, Laboratory of Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4- Assistant Professor, Medical Laboratory Sciences Department, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5- Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran |
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| Background and Objective: Yersinia enterocolitica is a worldwide pathogen belong to genus Yersinia. The association between acute childhood diarrhea and other diseases caused by Yersinia enterocolitica has been established by several researchers. Due to the lack of sufficient information on other pathogenic Yersinia species, this study was done to determine the prevalence and the pattern of antibiotic susceptibility of atypical Yersinia spp isolated from children, less than 14 years old. Methods: This descriptive cross - sectional study was carried on 384 children with diarrhea whom referred to the Tehran children medical center, Tehran, Iran during August 2011 to August 2012. 384 fecal specimens of children were transferd to the laboratory and cold enrichment in alkaline buffer with pH of 7.2 for 21 days. The samples were cultured in Cefsulodin-Irgasan-Novobiocin Agar (CIN) differential media in 7, 14, and 21 days. The identification of Yersinia species were carried out by conventional procedure. Antibiotic susceptibility test to Ciprofloxacin, Co-trimoxazole, Tetracycline, Chloramphenicol, Erythromycin, Ampicillin, Gentamicin, Penicillin were determined by standard disk diffusion method. Results: Out of 384 fecal samples, 3 (0.7%) were infected with Yersinia. Three species of Yersinia were Y.enterocolitica, Y.Kristensenii and Y.frederiksenii. All three strains were sensitive to Cotrimoxazole, Tetracycline, Chloramphenicol, Ciprofloxacin and Gentamicin. Conclusion: This study showed that atypical Yersinia play important role in diarrhea. Therefore, more attention should be noticed to atypical Yersinia species in addition to Yersinia enterocolitica. |
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| Keywords: Atypical Yersinia, Diarrhea, Antibiotic susceptibility, Child |
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Type of Study: Original Articles |
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Soltan Dallal MM, Vafaei Z, Haghi Ashtiani MT, Nikmanesh B, Rahimi Foroushani A. Antibiotic susceptibility of Yersinia spp isolated from children with diarrhea. J Gorgan Univ Med Sci 2015; 17 (1) :114-118 URL: http://goums.ac.ir/journal/article-1-2290-en.html
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