Some clinical characteristics of acute diarrhea due to E.Coli in children under 5 year old in Ha Noi city
- Author:
Do Tuan Anh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
acute diarrhea
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Child;
Epidemiology;
Diarrhea;
Escherichia coli
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2004;487(9):13-15
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Study 300 children with acute diarrhea treated at Saint Paul Hospital, Hanoi, the results showed that major cause was E.coli (13.7%); most common were EAEC and EIEC, followed by ETEC and EPEC, prevalence of EHEC was low (0.7%). Most of patients were under 1 year of age, and this disease common occurred in summer and autumn. Common symptoms were abdominal pain, watery and loose diarrhea; other symptoms such as fever, vomit and nausea occurred in half of patients.
