The aetiology of diarrhoea in children at an urban hospital in Bangladesh

Munshi Moyenuddin; Kazi M. Rahman; David A. Sack

doi:10.1016/0035-9203(87)90247-1

The aetiology of diarrhoea in children at an urban hospital in Bangladesh

Munshi Moyenuddin, Kazi M. Rahman, David A. Sack

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Enteric pathogens were studied in 104 cases with acute diarrhoea and in 74 age and sex matched concurrent controls. One or more pathogens were isolated from 59·1% of cases compared with 20·4% of controls (P < 0·001). Single enteropatnogens were detected in 33·7% and multiple enteropathogens in 25·4% of the cases. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), Campylobacter jejuni, rotavirus, Vibrio cholerae non-O1 and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli were the major pathogens detected. The high rate of isolation of EPEC from diarrhoea cases (23·1%) indicated a definite role for this pathogen in causing endemic diarrhoea in Bangladesh.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	299-302
Number of pages	4
Journal	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	81
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(87)90247-1
State	Published - 1987

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