Enteropathogens associated with diarrheal disease in infants of poor urban areas of Porto Velho, Rondônia: a preliminary study
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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96(5): 621-625, July 2001. graf, tab
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en Inglés
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ABSTRACT
One hundred and thirty cases of diarrhea and 43 age-matched controls, 0 to 5 years old, were studied in a pediatric outpatient unit from a poor peri urban area of Porto Velho, Rondônia. Eighty percent of diarrheal cases were observed in the groups under 2 years of age. Rotavirus (19.2 percent) was the most frequent enteropathogen associated with diarrhea, followed by Shigella flexneri (6.15 percent) and S. sonnei (1.5 percent) and Salmonella sp. (6.9 percent). Four cases of E. coli enterotoxigenic infections (3.1 percent), E. coli enteropathogenic (EPEC)(2.3 percent) one case of E. coli enteroinvasive infection (0.8 percent) and one case of Yersinia enterocolitica (0.8 percent) were also identified. Mixed infections were frequent, associating rotavirus, EPEC and Salmonella sp. with Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Asunto principal:
Población Urbana
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Áreas de Pobreza
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Diarrea
Tipo de estudio:
Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Humanos
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Lactante
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Recién Nacido
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitología
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Centro de Pesquisa em Medicina Tropical/BR
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