The diarrhea is one of the most important disease infected children and lead them to enter the hospitals and increased
vulnerability of our children to infection .In this study collect 25 stool samples from children the maternity and child hospital
in Babil governorate by using clean and sterile cup . Then take samples to the microbiology laboratory to investigate the
bacterial species causing diarrhea by cultured on the appropriate media and diagnostic biochemical tests were carried out.
Present 16(36%) samples were positive obtained obtain from 25 samples belonging to the species of the following bacteria
klebsiella pneumonia, Enterobacter, staphylococcus aureus, Enteropathogenic, E.coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus.
The effect of 10 types of antibiotic Cefixime, Amoxacillin Penicillin, Ceftriaxone, Erythromycin, Gentamycin, Streptomycin
Trimethoprim + Sulfonamides, Nalidixic Acid, Imipenem was studied by using agar disc diffusion method . It was found that
the Imipenem antibioticis most effective by affecting on all the bacterial isolated and least effective was Nalidixic acid. The
most sensitive bacterial species were Enterobacter sp., W