Diarrhoeal disease is an important cause of morbidity worldwide, and represents a leading cause of death especially in children,the majority of patients with acute Gastroenteritis do not seek medical advice and investigations are frequently omitted In those who do these investigations, therfore, there are no true records for this diseaseThis study aims to evaluate cases of gastroenteritis and effectiveness of therapy.Over (2) years period from January 2004-january 2006. evaluation of (318) patients With diarrhea were done in Diwaniya Teaching Hospital, who satisfied the following Inclusion criteria; (a) age > 16 y, (b) presented with acute gastroenteritis (C) treated with Or without observation and (d) had positive stool culture. Three hundred and eighteen patients were included in this study; pathogens identified Were Enteropathogenic E.coli (62.92%) and the lowest with Enterotoxigeneic E .coli Bloody diarrohea were present in (30) patients, mean duration of diarrohea from onset to discharge for those needed admission was 5 days.Majority of patients showed favourable response to simple rehydration measures, with the higher rates of dehydration seen among Campylobacter isolate. Most patients with bacterial gastroenteritis do not present with high fever ,bloody Diarrhea,or persistant diarrhea, but generally have quite sever disease.
