Antibiotic Susceptibility for Shigella sp. Isolated from Children under The Age of Five Years
Keywords:
Shigella, Shigellosis, Antimicrobial susceptibility, Bacillary dysentery.Abstract
Shigellosis is caused by different species of Shigella and is one of the most common causes of diarrhea in children. This disease is endemic in many developing countries, including Iraq. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of Shigella species and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in children with Shigellosis. This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in a teaching hospital in the continent of Iraq, during the period from January 2024 to October 2024. 50 Stool samples were collected from the children's age group. All isolates were confirmed to be Shigella species through biochemical tests. The antibiotic susceptibility pattern of these isolates was studied by disk diffusion method. All stool samples, 18 (36%) showed Shigella bacteria. Among the cases, 11 (22%) were male and 7 (14%) were female. The pattern of resistance against various antimicrobials was as follows tetracyclines (TEs) (100%), ampicillin (AM) (66.7%), amoxicillin-clavulanate (AMC) (27.8%). All bacteria isolates were sensitive to sulfamethoxazole / trimethoprim (SXT) (100%) streptomycin (S) (88.9%), and cefotaxime (CTX) (72.2%).
Antibiotic Susceptibility for Shigella sp. Isolated from Children under The Age of Five Years
