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Persistent diarrhea (PD) is increasingly recognized as an important public health problem among children in developing countries and is a research priority of the diarrheal diseases control program of the World Health Organization.Aim of the work :The aim is to study causes of persistent diarrhea, as regard some epidemiological factors and intestinal pathogens (Bacteria and parasites) as well as sensitivity to antimicrobial agents in our community.Definition :WHO defined persistent diarrhea as a diarrheal episode with a presumably infectious cause that starts as an acute episode and lasts in an unusual way, causing the aggravation of the nutritional state and a high life risk condition.Patients and methods :This study was done on 100 patients under fives with full history, clinical examination and laboratory investigations.Results :E-coli was the most common organism isolated in pathogenic cultures in this study.Discussion :Our results had been compared with results of another studies.
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