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8375880

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
Hospital acquired enteric infections were investigated by studying 3138 children under 5 years of age who were admitted without diarrhea in nine medical words of a pediatric hospital, Calcutta during the period between March and September 1987. Three hundred and twenty (10.2%) children developed nosocomial diarrhea during their hospital stay. Fecal samples from 178 nosocomial diarrhea, 345 hospitalized diarrhea cases, 178 hospital controls and 200 outpatient controls were collected for detection of established enteropathogens. There were no statistically significant differences in the detection of most of the enteropathogens from fecal samples of nosocomial diarrhea, hospitalized diarrhea and hospital controls. Enteric pathogens were detected at a higher frequency (statistically significant) from fecal samples of nosocomial diarrhea cases as compared to outpatient controls. This study highlights the importance of most of the enteropathogens like Shigella, Salmonella, rotavirus, enteropathogenic E. coli as the cause of hospital cross infection. This study reinforces the importance of developing preventive measures in order to reduce the frequency of illness.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0019-6061
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
187-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Prospective study of nosocomial enteric infections in a pediatric hospital, Calcutta.
pubmed:affiliation
Divisions of Clinical Medicine and Microbiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article