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标题：Multiple Drug Resistant (MDR) Strains of Escherichia coli Isolated from Urinary Tract Infection, a Predictor of Female Childhood Protein Deficiency in Southern Sindh, Pakistan
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作者：Arshad Hussain Laghari ; Afsheen Mushtaque Shah
期刊名称：Pakistan Journal of Nutrition
印刷版ISSN：1680-5194
电子版ISSN：1994-7984
出版年度：2012
卷号：11
期号：1
页码：47-50
DOI：10.3923/pjn.2012.47.50
出版社：Asian Network for Scientific Information
摘要：A cross-sectional study to examine a current phenomenon of great concern among the medical communities in developing countries is rising multi-drug resistant organisms and the challenges of curing the infections in children. In this study, we evaluated the multi drug resistant strains of Escherichia coli ( E. coli ) isolated from urinary tract infection in children in southern sindh, Pakistan. Multi-drugs strains of E. coli in Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) with protein malnutrition, Iron deficiency anemia and Vitamin B₁₂ and Folic Acid deficiency anemia was conducted among female children in southern sindh, Pakistan. A total of 150 female children aged up to 5 years were studied. The data were collected using structured questionnaires, anthropometric measurements and laboratory analysis of blood and Urine samples. The results showed that 47.4% of the female children were infected with multi-drugs resistance Escherichia coli , while 18.3% had significantly underweight, stunting and wasting respectively. Urinary tract infection with multi-drugs resistance strains Escherichia coli was statistically identified as a strong predictor of significant wasting in this study population.