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This study was aimed to describe the aetiological profile for hospital-acquired diarrhoea in children aged below five years.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n One hundred children aged one month to five years who developed diarrhoea (\u22653 loose stools for >12 h) after hospitalization for at least 72 h were enrolled. Children who were prescribed purgatives or undergoing procedures such as enema and endoscopy or those with underlying chronic gastrointestinal disorders such as celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease were excluded from the study. Stool samples from the enrolled children were subjected to routine microscopic examination, modified Ziel-Nielson (ZN) staining for Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic> and culture for various enteropathogens. Multiplex PCR was used to identify the strains of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>. Rotavirus detection was done using rapid antigen kit. Toxins (A and B) of C. difficile<\/jats:italic> were detected using enzyme immunoassay.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n Of the 100 samples of hospital-acquired diarrhoea analysed, diarrhoeagenic E. coli<\/jats:italic> (DEC) was found to be the most common organism, detected in 37 per cent of cases (enteropathogenic E. coli<\/jats:italic>-18%, enterotoxigenic E. coli<\/jats:italic>-8%, enteroaggregative E. coli<\/jats:italic>-4% and mixed infections-7%). Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic> was detected in 10 per cent of cases. Rotavirus was detected in six per cent and C. difficile<\/jats:italic> in four per cent of cases.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Interpretation & conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n The findings of this study suggest that the aetiological profile of hospital-acquired diarrhoea appears to be similar to that of community-acquired diarrhoea, with DEC and Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic> being the most common causes. 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