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What Does Bacteria In Stools Of A Baby Indicate?

My baby is 3rd month old.. And her fecalysis result is
Consistency: soft
Color : light yellow
Pus cells: o-2 /hpf
Red blood cells: 0-1/hpf
Ascaris Lumbricoides : none
Trichuris trichiura : none
Entamoeba hystolytica : none
Entamoeba coli: none
Bacteria : many

--what does it mean? do she have amoebiasis?
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well presence of bacteria should be further explained,beacause it may be normal gut flora or harmful bacteria,which then needs treatment.
no your baby does not have amebiasis.
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What Does Bacteria In Stools Of A Baby Indicate?

well presence of bacteria should be further explained,beacause it may be normal gut flora or harmful bacteria,which then needs treatment. no your baby does not have amebiasis.