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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1990 36(3):101-103; doi:10.1093/tropej/36.3.101
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Bacterial Aetiology of Infantile Diarrhoea in Papua New Guinea

Toshio Miwatani, MD*, Takeshi Honda, MD*, Minoru Higashitsutsumi**, Ryuichiro Tanaka, MD***, Yoshihiro Sakaue, MD{dagger}, Toshio Nakabayashi, MD*, Joseph Igo, MD{dagger}{dagger} and K. J. R. Abaidoo, MD{dagger}{dagger}

*Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
**The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
***Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research Kunitachishi, Tokyo 186, Japan
{dagger}Momoyama City Hospital Tennoji, Osaka 543, Japan
{dagger}{dagger}The University of Papua New Guinea, Faculty of Medicine P.O. Box 5623, Papua New Guinea

Correspondence: Toshio Miwatani, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan.

Bacterial examination of stools of children with diarrhoea was carried out at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, where little information is available concerning the causative bacteria of diarrhoea. Shigellae, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Campylobacter jejuni, and Aeromonas hydrophila were isolated with the decreasing frequency in that order. Among these, enterotoxigenic E. coli and C. jejuni were isolated for the first time in this country. Although Vibrio parahaemolyticus was recovered from sea water, no cases suffering from this organism were found.


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