| a study of infective aetiology of chronic diarrhoea in children in amritsar. | examination of 150 stool samples from children of less than 3 years of age of chronic diarrhoea showed the presence of various enteropathogens in 58.7% cases. cryptosporidium in pure form, entamoeba histolytica and giardia lamblia were detected in 1.3%, 2% and in 4% cases respectively. in 1.3% children candida albicans was isolated. the predominant bacterial isolate was enteropathogenic escherichia coli (21.4%). salmonella typhimurium, shigella and campylobacter were isolated in 8.6%, 4% and 0.7 ... | 1995 | 8834137 |