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Background  Diarrheal disease continues to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality among young children in developing countries including Ethiopia. Globally, intestinal parasite,  Shigella  and  Salmonella  species remain major contributors to acute enteric infections. The study was aimed at determining the frequency of intestinal parasite,  Shigella  and  Salmonell a species identified from diarrheic children at Jimma Health Centre, Jimma south west Ethiopia.    Methods  A health institution based cross sectional study was conducted from March to November 2012. A structured questionnaire was used for collection of data on socio- demographic characteristics. Parasite and bacteria identification as well as susceptibility testing was done using standard parasitological and bacteriological procedures.    Results  A total of 260 diarrheal children were included in the study. A total of 129 (49.6%) samples were positive for intestinal parasite,  Shigella  and  Salmonella  species. Of these, 107 (41.1%), 6 (2.3%) and 16 (6.2%) samples were positive for intestinal parasite,  Shigella  and  Salmonella  species respectively. The dominant isolated parasite was  G. lamblia  with prevalence of 13.5% followed by  A. lumbricoides  (11.5%). The least identified parasites were  Schistosoma mansoni and Taenia species  accounting 0.4% each. Multiple parasitic infections were observed in 19 (7.3%) patients.  Shigella  species showed hundred percent resistances to ampicillin, amoxacillin, and cotrimoxazole. All  Salmonella  isolates were resistant against amoxicillin. All  Shigella  and  Salmonella  species were susceptible to ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin and gentamycin.    Conclusion  The presence of reasonably high amount of intestinal parasite and  Salmonella  and  Shigella  species that are drug resistance to the commonly prescribed drugs is a treat to the children and community at large. Therefore, measures including health education, improvement of safe water supply, sanitation facilities and continuous monitoring of microbiological and antimicrobial surveillance is crucial.

annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

Prevalence of intestinal parasite, Shigella and Salmonella species among diarrheal children in Jimma health center, Jimma southwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study