ABSTRACT
The prevalence of rotavirus diarrhea was compared in two settings, among children attending outpatient clinics and those hospitalized (inpatients) at Pune, India. A total of 489 and 628 fecal specimens were collected during October 1993 to September 1996 from outpatients and inpatients respectively. Overall occurrence of rotavirus diarrhea was more among hospitalized children. Using the stratification on the variable age, it is shown that age is indeed a confounding variable. The important finding of the study was, in < or = 6 months age group, it was observed that the occurrence of rotavirus diarrhea was more in the outpatients (30.26%) than among the inpatients (10.11%). Children of this age group are likely to be partially protected by maternal antibodies. The effect of seasonality and sex distribution did not differ in the two settings. It was found that G2 serotype was the major cause of diarrhea among the outpatients.
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Ambulatory Care Facilities , Diarrhea/epidemiology , Female , Hospitalization , Humans , India/epidemiology , Inpatients/statistics & numerical data , Male , Outpatients/statistics & numerical data , Prevalence , Rotavirus Infections/epidemiologyABSTRACT
A total of 102 cases of clinically diagnosed cases of acute conjunctivitis were included in the present study. The sample was collected from the inflamed conjunctiva and was subjected to conventional bacterial and fungal cultural studies. The allergic element was found out by studying the smear after Giemsa staining and demonstrating increased number of eosinophils. The data revealed that 32 samples had an evidence of bacterial infection, 14 showed isolation of fungi and one displayed an allergic etiology. Thirty cases showed presence of mixed infection in different combinations while 25 samples were sterile on conventional culture media. Microbiological studies are essential for confirmation of clinical diagnosis and to institute an appropriate treatment.