Gazal S, Taku A, Bhat M A, Badroo G
Division of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Sher e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Ranbir Singh Pura, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Indian J Med Microbiol. 2014 Jan-Mar;32(1):57-9. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.124308.
Out of 210 faecal samples collected from children below 5 years attending different hospitals in Jammu and exhibiting clinical signs of diarrhoea, 41.9% samples were found positive for group A rotavirus by RNA-PAGE. Escherichia coli isolated in the study belonged to nine serogroups, out of which O69 was most frequent, being present in 12.38% samples. E. coli serogroups well recognised as enteropathogens viz. O69, O20 and O153 were present in 27.6% samples. Other bacterial pathogens associated with diarrhoea were present in 8.09% samples, out of which Shigella spp. was found in 4.76% samples followed by Salmonella spp. (2.38%) and Pseudomonas spp. (0.95%).
