Etiology of diarrheal diseases in children under 5 years of age in Saint Paul hospital, Ha Noi
- Author:
Phung Dac Cam
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
diarrheal disease
- MeSH:
Diarrhea/etiology;
Child;
Epidemiology
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2004;300(7):45-49
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
From Aug 2001 to July 2002 at St Paul Hospital in Hanoi, 300 fecal samples collected from 300 diarrhoea children aged from 3 months to 5 years old were studied. Results showed that in 51,9% of cases, rotavirus was the leading cause, Escherichia coli was the second, among which addhesive strains and invasive strains of coli were the most common. In first time, toxic gene was detected in the group of intestinal hemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Shigella and Campillobacter were still the common pathologic causes of pediatric diarrhoae
