[Research on enteropathogenic bacteria from children with acute diarrhea, in Belo Horizonte, MG].

Enteropathogenic bacteria were searched in feces of 80 children with acute diarrhea from the lower social economical level, all of them younger than twenty seven months old, and without any antimicrobial therapy, in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, from June 1981 to August 1982. The following enteropathogenic bacteria were isolated from 46 children: Shigella in 12 children (15.00%), enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in 12 children (15.00%), classic enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in 9 children (11.25%), Salmonella in 6 children (7.50%). Association of enteropathogenic bacteria were found in 7 children (8.75%). Yersinia enterocolitica and invasive Escherichia coli were not isolated from any patient.