Leal N C, Cavalcanti T I, Jesuita M, Da Silva B, dos Reis E M, Solari C A, Hofer E
Centro de Pesquiasas Aggeu Magalhães-FIOCRUZ, Departamento de Microbiologia, Recife, PE, Brasil.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1988 Oct-Dec;83(4):475-9. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02761988000400014.
326 samples of diarrheal feces obtained from children whose ages ranged from zero to 5 years, admitted in two rehydration hospitals in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, were analyzed. Feces were placed in Cary-Blair medium (4 degrees C) for shipment to the laboratory. There was no difference in the rate of bacteria isolation if the samples were analyzed within the period from 3 to 7 days of collection. 19.02% of the analyzed samples were positives for at least one of the searched bacteria, 26 Salmonella belonging to 3 species, 21 classic enteropathogenic E. coli, 1 invasive E. coli, 10 Shigella belonging to 3 serotypes and 1 Yersinia enterocolitica were found.
