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  • Title: Childhood bacterial diarrhoea in a regional hospital in Saudi Arabia: clinico-aetiological features.
    Author: al-Jurayyan NA, al Rashed AM, al-Nasser MN, al-Mugeiren MM, al Mazyad AS.
    Journal: J Trop Med Hyg; 1994 Apr; 97(2):87-90. PubMed ID: 8170008.
    Abstract:
    Over a one-year period, 210 paediatric patients, who were admitted with acute diarrhoea to a regional hospital in the south-western region of Saudi Arabia, were retrospectively reviewed for bacterial enteropathogens. Bacterial pathogens were isolated from 66 (31.4%) patients, with Shigella being the most common (17.1%), followed by Salmonella (10.5%), and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) (3.8%). Major clinical findings associated with bacterial diarrhoea are similar to those reported before. Our results suggest that bacterial pathogens constitute a major cause of acute childhood diarrhoea in hospitalized children in Al-Baha province. Further prospective community based studies are needed to identify the pattern and risk factors of acute childhood diarrhoea in the region.
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