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Background: Gastroenteritis is a major cause of ill health and premature death in developing countries. Prevalence study of enteric pathogens among patients with gastrointestinal presentations in Lagos was done in a Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba. Lagos Nigeria. Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of enteric pathogens thereby contributing to the existing data. Methods: 150 stool samples were collected from patients with gastrointestinal presentations attending LUTH.. Each specimen was cultured on media, isolates identified and the antibiotic susceptibilities of the isolates determined. Results: 37.3% of the 150 patients were infected with bacteria. The isolates in order of prevalence include Proteus species 53.6%, Pseudomonas species 17.9%, Aeromonas species 14.3%, Salmonella species 10.7% and Shigella 3.6%. The isolates were sensitive to nalidixic acid, ceftriaxone, gentamycin and nitrofurantoin while isolates like Salmonella and Shigella species were resistant to ampicillin and Proteus and Pseudomonas species were resistant to ampicillin, ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin. Conclusion: The prevalence of enteric pathogens among patients with gastrointestinal presentations in Lagos are not higher in LUTH than earlier reports from other parts of the developing world. This low rate record is due to public hygiene awareness and improvement in environmental sanitation exercise in Nigeria. Resistances to some of the antibiotics by the isolates were because antibiotics could have been obtained without prescription; therefore, retail availability of nalidixic acid should be controlled to prevent broad and indiscriminate use.

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Prevalence of enteric pathogens among patients with gastrointestinal presentations in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba Lagos Nigeria