A Two-Year Study of Bacterial, Viral, and Parasitic Agents Associated with Diarrhea in Rural Bangladesh
| Autor: | I. Huq, M. Yunus, Michael H. Merson, Robert H. Yolken, A. R. M. A. Alim, G. T. Curlin, A. S. M. M. Rahman, Robert E. Black |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
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Diarrhea
Giardiasis Rotavirus Rural Population Veterinary medicine medicine.medical_treatment Population medicine.disease_cause Cholera Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Case fatality rate Humans Immunology and Allergy Medicine In patient Oral rehydration therapy Child education Pathogen Escherichia coli Infections Bangladesh education.field_of_study Dehydration Entamoebiasis business.industry Age Factors Enterobacteriaceae Infections Infant Reoviridae Infections Infectious Diseases Child Preschool Vibrio Infections Immunology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier The Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| ISSN: | 1537-6613 0022-1899 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/infdis/142.5.660 |
| Popis: | A 2 year study of enteric pathogens associated with diarrhea was conducted at a diarrhea treatment center in rural Bangladesh. (ETEC) Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli was the most frequently identified pathogen in patients of all ages whereas rotavirus was isolated from nearly 50% of the < 2 year old patients. ETEC was isolated in approximately 25% of these young children. A bacterial or viral pathogen was identified for 70% of the < 2 year olds and for 56% of all patients with diarrhea. Most ETEC isolates were obtained in the hot dry months of March-April and the hot wet months of August-September. Rotavirus identification peaked in the cool dry months of December-January but infected patients were found year round. The low case fatality rates for patients with watery diarrhea and substantial dehydration further documents the usefulness of treating diarrhea patients with either a glucose or sucrose base electrolite solution such as those used in this treatment center. (Authors modified) |
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