Anal infections among children residing in Shendam town, Plateau State was investigated. A total of 380 subjects were tested in this study, comprising of children that were aged 0-60 months that attended clinics, laboratories, schools and day-care centers in Shendam town. Stool and swab samples were collected in duplicatesfrom the subjects and the samples were subjected to simple and concentration microscopic techniques, culture and biochemical analyses. The organism with the highest percentageof 64.2% was Candidaalbicans which was recoded in disposable diapers (pampers). Lowest percentage (5.7%) of C.albicans was recorded in children that do not use neither disposable nor non-disposable diapers. Highest percentage (66.7%) ofStaphylococcusaureuswas also isolated from children that used non-disposable diapers (rags).E. histolytica,Streptococcuspyogeneswas also isolated. In this study, it was revealed that leaving disposable and non-disposable diapers on children for a very long time potentiated the growth of these organisms which took advantage of the warm and moist environment. Unhygienic ways of handling non-disposable diapers (rags) accounted for the highest percentage of S.aureus because this organism is associated to man.Ova of parasitic worms were also found in diapers of these children. Highest percentage (80%) of A. lumbricoides was recorded in children that do not use diapers at all. Anal infections from unknown sources (idiopathic) had the highest percentage of 53.3% with children that used disposable diapers. Other parasitic worms like TrichomonashominisTaenia species, and Strongyloides stercoralis were isolated but in very low percentages. The occurrence of the ova of these worms in disposable and non-disposable diapers could be as a result of unhygienic measures employed in feeding these children and handling of diapers.It was revealed from this study that there was significance difference (P<0.05) in the percentage ofC.albicans as compare to other organisms in children that used disposable diapers. Therefore disposable pampers should not be left on children for too long in other to create a healthy skin around the anal areas of children
