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What Does This Bacterial Culture Report Indicate?

Hi,my baby is 3months old.its been more then a month since he s suffering from dairreha,cold.he was admitted in hospital but no improvement, we did stool examination, culture and sensitivity report is done,blood test.reducing substance result is present,chemical examination reaction is acidic,microscopic examination shows veg cells/fibers few.in culture report,organism isolated is E-Coli grown. Antibiotic sensitivity,Gentamycin S++,Nitrofurantoin S++.please help,my baby is still in same condition.
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Hi,

1. Your child is suffering from diarrhoea because of the bacteria infection caused by Escherichia coli also known as E.COLI.
2. Avoid giving him lactose base milk and start giving soy base milk. Sometimes child of age group less than 6 months cannot digest lactose in the milk.
3. Give plenty of fluids to avoid dehydration because of diarrhoea.
4. Syrup zinc to increase gastrointestinal immunity.
5. Nitrofurantoin as antibiotic is not of much help in case of stool infections instead you can give ofloxacin and ornidazole combination syrup mix with 2-3 bits of sugar. As I can see your baby is 3 months old so the weight must be around 5 kgs. SO THE DOSE WILL BE 1ML/3KG BODY WEIGHT

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Harshita, Infectious Diseases Specialist
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What Does This Bacterial Culture Report Indicate?

Hi, 1. Your child is suffering from diarrhoea because of the bacteria infection caused by Escherichia coli also known as E.COLI. 2. Avoid giving him lactose base milk and start giving soy base milk. Sometimes child of age group less than 6 months cannot digest lactose in the milk. 3. Give plenty of fluids to avoid dehydration because of diarrhoea. 4. Syrup zinc to increase gastrointestinal immunity. 5. Nitrofurantoin as antibiotic is not of much help in case of stool infections instead you can give ofloxacin and ornidazole combination syrup mix with 2-3 bits of sugar. As I can see your baby is 3 months old so the weight must be around 5 kgs. SO THE DOSE WILL BE 1ML/3KG BODY WEIGHT Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Harshita, Infectious Diseases Specialist