The aetiologic agents of bacterial diarrhoea in the children of the former East Central State of Nigeria
| Autor: | B.N. Anyanwu |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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biology Central state business.industry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Vibrio parahaemolyticus Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause Pollution Campylobacter jejuni Microbiology Vibrio cholerae Escherichia medicine Etiology business Shigella sp |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 7:215-232 |
| ISSN: | 1369-1619 0960-3123 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09603129773850 |
| Popis: | A total of 1015 single stool specimens were collected from under 5-year-old children suffering from diarrhoea, who were seen as out-patients or admitted into some of the hospitals in the former East Central State of Nigeria. These stools were investigated to determine the bacterial aetiology of their diseases. During the same period, 401 single stool specimens were collected from children under 5 years old, who were seen as out-patients or admitted into these hospitals with diagnosis other than diarrhoea, and also investigated for the presence of these bacteria. From the diarrhoea patients, enteropathogenic E. coli were detected in 12.0% (122/1015) of the children; Salmonella sp. in 3.1% (31/1015), Shigella sp. in 2.1% (21/1015), Campylobacter jejuni in 2.5% (25/1015), Y ersinia enterocolitica in 0.4% (4/1015), Vibrio parahaemolyticus in 1.0% (10/1015) and Vibrio cholerae in 0.0% (0/1015). Thus, aetiologic agents were identified in 21.0% (213/1015) of all the diarrhoea cases enteropathogenic Escherichia c... |
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