Gastro-intestinal pathogens of recently discovered significance
| Autor: | S. Gormally, Brendan Drumm, W. Bourke |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
biology business.industry Gastrointestinal pathogens Helicobacter pylori biology.organism_classification medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Article Aeromonas Gastrointestinal disease Rotavirus Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Epidemiology Immunology Medicine business Plesiomonas Gastro intestinal |
| Zdroj: | Current Paediatrics |
| ISSN: | 0957-5839 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0957-5839(92)90224-f |
| Popis: | Gastro-intestinal infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in children. Although significant advances have taken place in the diagnosis of gastroenteritis approximately 5 million deaths due to this condition occur each year in the developing world in children under 5 years. During the 1970s rotavirus was identified as one the most important pathogens in childhood diarrhoea increasing the specific diagnosis for diarrhoea from lo-20% to 40-70%. Since then a further diverse group of organisms have been implicated as gastrointestinal pathogens. Some like Helicobacter pylori are definitely pathogenic, whereas considerable controversy still surrounds the role of others such as Aeromonas and Plesiomonas in gastrointestinal disease. We review the clinical, epidemiological and laboratory features of these infections and discuss their importance in children. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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