Clinical Microbiology: Open Access
Mamuye et al., Clin Microbiol 2015, 4:1 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2327-5073.1000186
Research Article
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Isolation and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Shigella and Salmonella among Under 5 Children with Acute Diarrhoea: A Cross-Sectional Study at Selected Public Health Facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Yeshwondm Mamuye1*, Gesit Metaferia1, Asaye Birhanu2, Kassu Desta2, and Surafel Fantaw3 1St.Paul’s 2School
Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Allied Health Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
3Bacteriology
Department, Ethiopian Health Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI), Ethiopia
*Corresponding
Author: Yeshwondm Mamuye, St.Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: +251-911158489; E-mail:
[email protected] Received date: November 22, 2014, Accepted date: February 16, 2015, Published date: February 23, 2015 Copyright: © 2015 Mamuye Y, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract Background: Diarrhoeal illness remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children
