Tu, MargaretHkun Saw LwinAye Maung2009-06-302009-06-301969-05-011969-05-01Tu, Margaret, Hkun Saw Lwin, Aye Maung. The bacteriology of diarrhoea in children. Union of Burma Journal of Life Scienses. 1969; 2(2): 225-232http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/12671875 samples of stools from children under 5 years at the Children's Hospital Rangoon were examined bacterilogically using Mac Conkey agar and desoxycholate citrate agar as primary plating media and selenite F broth and tetrathionate broth as primary enrichment media. 25 non-diarrhoeic stools from children from an urban quarter in the same age group served as a control. Salmonella typhi was the only well-defined bacterial enteropathogen isolated (1.3 percent). The parasites Ascaris Lumbricoides, Trichurus trichiura and Giardia lamblia were found in respectively 13.5, 5 and 5 percent. It is concluded that in the group studied, bacteria did not play a mojor role in the aetiology of diarrhea, but that the parasites found may have been involved. It is recommended that a survey for enteroviruses in diarrhoeic stools from Burmese children be made. It is also suggested that the role played by other possible aetiological agents in diarrhea be investigated.BacteriologyDiarrheaMyanmar