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  • Title: [Infectious diarrhea in children. Results of a prospective study concerning various epidemiological and clinical aspects of infectious diarrhea in children].
    Author: Nielsen J, Schilt U, Heinzer I, Schaad UB.
    Journal: Schweiz Med Wochenschr; 1987 Apr 04; 117(14):518-26. PubMed ID: 3554501.
    Abstract:
    Over a 3-year period (from October 1981 to September 1984) 352 pediatric patients were treated for infectious diarrhea at the Division for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Berne, Switzerland. Routine diagnostic tests on stool samples included cultures for Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter and Yersinia, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Rotazyme) for rotaviruses. In selected cases special tests for parasitic pathogens were also performed. The patients were divided into three etiologic groups to compare epidemiological, clinical and laboratory characteristics; group 1 = rotavirus, group 2 = no detectable pathogen, and group 3 = bacterial agents. Specific etiology of diarrhea was established in 210 of the 352 patients (59.5%). Rotaviral gastroenteritis represented the most common diagnosis (42.5%), whereas Salmonella was isolated from fecal cultures in 9% and Campylobacter jejuni in 3%. A parasitic etiology was documented in only 1%. In 5 patients two pathogens were recovered from stools: rotavirus and Salmonella in 4 cases and Salmonella and Campylobacter in 1 case. Relevant features of rotavirus, Salmonella and Campylobacter gastroenteritis in childhood are described in detail.
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