Studies of bacterial, rotaviral and Cryptosporidium etiology of acute diarrheal diseases in hospitalized children

657 hospitalized children with acute diarrheal disease were studied for bacterial and rotaviral etiology. Cryptosporidium presence was followed in 123 children. Intestinal pathogens were detected in 195 (29.6%) cases: 132 (20.3%) enterobacteria, 47 (7.1%) rotaviruses, 4 (3.2%) Cryptosporidium sp. an...

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Published in:	Romanian archives of microbiology and immunology Vol. 50; no. 1; p. 53
Main Authors:	Constantiniu, S, Avram, G, Ambăruş, A, Zavate, O
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Romania 01-01-1991
Subjects:	Acute Disease Animals Child Cryptosporidiosis - complications Cryptosporidiosis - epidemiology Cryptosporidiosis - microbiology Cryptosporidium - isolation & purification Diarrhea - epidemiology Diarrhea - etiology Diarrhea - microbiology Enterobacteriaceae - isolation & purification Enterobacteriaceae Infections - complications Enterobacteriaceae Infections - epidemiology Enterobacteriaceae Infections - microbiology Feces - microbiology Humans Incidence Opportunistic Infections - complications Opportunistic Infections - epidemiology Opportunistic Infections - microbiology Romania - epidemiology Rotavirus - isolation & purification Rotavirus Infections - complications Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology Rotavirus Infections - microbiology Romania
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Summary:	657 hospitalized children with acute diarrheal disease were studied for bacterial and rotaviral etiology. Cryptosporidium presence was followed in 123 children. Intestinal pathogens were detected in 195 (29.6%) cases: 132 (20.3%) enterobacteria, 47 (7.1%) rotaviruses, 4 (3.2%) Cryptosporidium sp. and 12 (1.8%) combined infections. Among enterobacteria, E. coli was the most frequent (10% cases) with enteropathogenic (EPEC), enterotoxigenic (ETEC), enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) and enteroinvasive (EIEC) groups. Other isolated pathogens were Salmonella--21 (3.1%), C. jejuni/coli--13 (1.9%), Shigella--3 (0.9%), Y. enterocolitica O3--1 (0.1%). Among opportunistic pathogenic enterobacteria, the following were isolated: Kl. pneumoniae--24 (3.7%), Enterobacter species--4 (0.6%), Providencia alcalifaciens--1 (0.1%). Aeromonas hydrophila was isolated in 1 child. Combined infections were detected in 12 children: 10--enterobacteria + rotaviruses associations and 2--pathogenic enterobacteria associations.
ISSN:	1222-3891