Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2022): Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi (Periodic Epidemiology Journal)

IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA CAUSING DIARRHEA IN UNDER-FIVES CHILDREN USING CULTURE METHODS IN BIMA, INDONESIA

Muziburrahman Muziburrahman (Departement of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, 60132)
Dominicus Husada (1Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga 2Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, 60132)
Budi Utomo (Preventive Public Health Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, 60132)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jan 2022

Abstract

Background: Diarrhea is still a world health issue which is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, with a mortality rate of close to more than 1.30 million deaths globally in 2015. The prevalence period of diarrhea in Indonesia for under-five children in 2018 is 12.30%. The West Nusa Tenggara province is third of the ranks based on doctor’s diagnosis (13.45%) and clinical symptoms (15.12%).  Purpose: This study aims to identify the bacterial infection that causes diarrhea among under-five children in Bima District, West Nusa Tenggara Province. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted on under-five children brought to Bolo and Wawo’s Public Health Center with diarrhea and diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis. Results: The samples involved in this study were 102 samples and the results obtained were 1 to 2 types of bacteria in 1 sample. The order of bacteria from the most is E. Coli (29.53%), Klebsiella, sp (25,50%), Shigella, sp (18,79%), Staphylococcus aureus (16,78%), Salmonella Thypii (8,73%), Proteus, sp (0,67%), male (61.76%) had more diarrhea than female (38.24%), with an age range of 1-3 years (53.92%), 0-1 years (37.26%), and 3 until <5 years (8.82%). Conclusion: In this research, it was proven that E. coli bacteria are the leading cause of diarrhea in under-five children.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JBE

Publisher

Subject

Immunology & microbiology Public Health

Description

The scope of JBE are Epidemiology of Communicable Disease, Epidemiology of Non-communicable Disease, Tropical Disease, Epidemiology Surveillance, Management Outbreak, Epidemiology of Preventable Disease, and Epidemiology of ...