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background and objectives: diarrheagenic escherichia coli (dec) is an emerging agent among pathogens that causes diarrhea. studies showed that diarrheagenic e. coli such as enterohaemorrhagic e. coli (ehec), enteroaggregative e. coli (eaec), enteropathogenic e. coli (epec), enteroinvasive e. coli (eiec), enterotoxigenic e. coli (etec), diffusely adhering e. coli (daec) and shiga toxin producing...

conclusions health disobedience and neglect of local residents were the causes of water pollution that was controlled with preventional measures, with performing daily chlorination of brick kilns drinking water and diarrheal disease treatment of the patients. results a total of 120 workers were studied (60 cases and 60 controls) who were the same from age and sex point of view. clinical signs o...

clostridium difficile is a frequently identified cause of nosocomial gastrointestinal disease. it has been proved to be a causative agent in antibiotic-associated diarrhea, antibiotic-associated colitis, and pseudomembraneous colitis. this study was aimed to determine the prevalence of c.difficile- associated diarrhea in hospitalized patients with nosocomial diarrhea. the 942 hospitalized patie...