Prevalence and etiology of nosocomial diarrhoea in children < 5 years in Tikrit teaching hospital
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2009; 15 (5): 1111-1118
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ABSTRACT
A cross-sectional hospital-based study was carried out at Tikrit teaching hospital, Iraq, from October 2004 to September 2005, to identify the prevalence and etiology of nosocomial infectious diarrhoea among children under 5 years of age. Of 259 children admitted to the paediatric ward for reasons other than diarrhoea and hospitalized for more than 3 days, clinical and laboratory analysis of stool samples showed nosocomial diarrhoea in 84 children [32.4%]. The most common causative agents were enteropathogenic Escherichia coli [25.9%], Clostridium difficile [21.0%] and rotavirus [18.5%]. Single infectious agents caused 63.1% of the cases, while mixed infections were detected in 16.7%; in 20.2% of children the cause remained unknown
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Assunto principal:
Infecção Hospitalar
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Prevalência
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Estudos Transversais
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Diarreia
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Escherichia coli
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Hospitais de Ensino
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de prevalência
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
East Mediterr Health J.
Ano de publicação:
2009
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