National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
In 2008,diarrhea was the second main cause of consultation in health centers in Madagascar.We conducted a retrospective and descriptive study spanning 10 years(2005 to 2014) about stool culture in hospitalized patients or not, in the laboratory of Microbiology University Hospital Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona (HU-JRA) Antananarivo Madagascar. The purpose of this work is to describe the epidemiology of salmonellosis and shigellosis found at the HU-JRA Antananarivo. The variables selected and used for the study were the patient age, the season, the macroscopic appearance of stools and stool culture results. During the 10 years, 576 stools specimens arrived in the laboratory. We found 34 cases of Salmonella spp (5.89%) and 7 cases of Shigella spp (1.21%). 26 cases of Salmonella spp were found to the summer season. The average age of infected patients was 18 years. In two thirds of cases, the stool was not slimy and not bloody to Salmonella spp. Shigella spp was seen especially in patients who have bloody or mucoid-bloody stools. Diarrheal diseases caused by Salmonella spp and Shigella spp touch especially children and young adults in Antananarivo. The appearance of slimy and/or bloody stools is not always in favor of a Salmonella spp or Shigella
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