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Isolation frequency of enteropathogens from diarrheal stools was examined in Surabaya, Indonesia. A total of 385 patients with diarrhea including 264 children under 2 years of age and 121 adults were enrolled. Bacterial enteropathogens other than Campylobacter jejuni were positive in 164 cases out of 385 (44%), while C. jejuni was isolated from 13 cases out of 173 examined (7.5%). Rotavirus was detected in 91 cases of 184 examined (49%), and 34 cases of these 91 were coinfected with bacterial pathogens. Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, which were isolated from about 30% of all 385 patients, were highly resistant to ampicillin and tetracycline. Vibrio cholerae O1 was isolated in 17 of 121 adult diarrhea cases.
