الفهرس 
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Abstract
Aim of the work
To suggest a national protocol for the management of bloody diarrhea in infants and children below 5 years of age, in order to start an appropriate treatment as early as possible, and to ensure that this early treatment is based on good knowledge about the different types of enteropathogens thar are usually isolated in our locality.
Conclusion
In our study bloody diarrhea was more prevalent in hot months among males than females, in rural than urban areas. High percentages of cases were malnourished. Shigella was the most prevalent etiological agent of blody diarrhea in our locality, which was more sensitive to TMP-SMZ than ampicillin.
We conclude also that stool analysis is still a simple and a very helpful test in diagnosing the etiology of dysentery. Thus should be a routine in every case of bloody diarrhea whenever possible.
In vitro susceptibility tests suggested that TMP-SMZ ampicillin combination, nalidixic acid or the Fluoroquinolones may be the future therapeutic agents of bloody diarrhea and a further large study are required to prove this.