Diarrhoeal disease is a major health problem throughout the world, and is responsible for high morbidity and mortality mainly among children and especially in developing countries like Nepal. This cross-sectional prospective study was designed to determine the incidence of Cholera, Shigellosis and Salmonellosis along with screening of the possible extended spectrum -lactamase producer among multi-drug resistant isolates from 268 diarrhoeal patients visiting different hospitals of Kathmandu valley and 5 other districts of Nepal in the period of April 2010 to January 2011. The specimens were...