Isolation and detection of Shigella dysenteriae from patients in Baghdad and Waist Provinces in Iraq

Diarrhea caused by Shigella species was responsible for second causative agent of morbidity and mortality between children in middle and low income east and other countries, in this study 150 stool samples were collected from patients suffering from dysentery in both gender in which attending to Baghdad medical city in Baghdad and Alkarma teaching hospital in Al-Kut/Wasit governorates/Iraq in period between  January 2020 to the middle of February 2021 Shigella dysenteriae was isolated from 135 of these samples by using cultured methods and other biochemical tests  in which routinely used to isolate these bacteria in addition to that in this study detection the  dividing of infections with these pathogen in different age groups and seen that mostly infection (51.85%) in age group (1-5) years olds followed with age group(5-10) in which found (31.1%) them (10.37%) in (10-15) and last one  9(6.66) show in  (>15) years old age group. 
On other hand  also antibiotics sensitivity tests was done the results of this research appeared  that all isolates was respond to Co-trimoxazole, Cephalotine and Ceftizoxime them Ceftriaxone(98%), Ampicillin(92%), Ceftazidime(90%), Chlormophenicol(84%), Tobramycin(81%), Gentamicin(48%) and the last one was  Amikacin(35%) where no isolate appeared any response to Kanamicin.