On the Etiology of Diarrhea in Children of 0-3 Years of Age in Shanghai

Stool specimens were collected withinh 72 hours after the onset of aeute d1arrhea from 213 sick children at the age of 0-36 months and from 144 control children of the same age and sex. The detectable rate of enteric Pathogens was 62.9% in the diarrhea children and 18.1% in the control group. 127 strains of enteroPathogenic bacteria were isolated from diarrhea patients, of which,Bacillus dysenteriae accounted for 22.53% Campylobacter fetus,jejuni.