A follow-up study was conducted in 859 children younger than 5 years who were treated for acute diarrhea at the Diarrhoea Control Center, Dammam, during 1408H (1987Dammam, during 1408H ( -1988. The purpose of the study was to investigate the potential enteropathogens responsible for causing diarrhea among these children. An enteropathogen was isolated from stool samples in 52.6% of the children. Multiple infections were seen in 0.8% of the children. The most common enteropathogens isolated, in descending frequency, were rotavirus, Salmonella, Shigella, and Campylobacter jejuni, followed by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and nonagglutinating vibrios. Rotavirus infection was accompanied by respiratory infection and fever among 30% of the children. The most common parasite isolated was Giardia lamblia.
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