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8067813

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-22
pubmed:abstractText
A 1-year prospective study in Gaza of diarrhoeal disease in children aged < 5 years demonstrated that Salmonella spp. (18.5% of cases), Cryptosporidium (14.6%), Campylobacter spp. (8.3%) and rotavirus (6.8%) were the major pathogens. However, when compared with non-diarrhoeic controls, only Cryptosporidium and rotavirus were significantly associated with diarrhoea. Cryptosporidiosis was found only in children aged < 2 years and significantly more children with cryptosporidiosis were malnourished. This malnutrition may have been due to the infection, since children with cryptosporidiosis tended to have had diarrhoea for relatively long periods prior to admission. It was not possible to distinguish between the different enteropathogens on clinical grounds. However, more children with rotavirus infection vomited and cryptosporidial diarrhoea lasted significantly longer (14.9 days) than rotavirus diarrhoea (5.9 days). Overcrowding was linked with an increased risk of cryptosporidiosis and breast feeding was associated with some protection. Twenty-one of the 29 children who died during the study died with diarrhoea and Cryptosporidium was detected in eight (38%) of these 21 children.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0003-4983
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
175-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-8-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Diarrhoeal disease in children in Gaza.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Liverpool, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't