Open AccessAcute Community-Acquired Diarrhea Requiring Hospital Admission in Swiss Children
Author(s) -
Bettina Essers,
André P. Burnens,
Francesco M. Lanfranchini,
Stefano G. E. Somaruga,
Rodo O. von Vigier,
Urs B. Schaad,
Christoph Aebi,
Mario G. Bianchetti
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/313901
Subject(s) - cryptosporidium , diarrhea , campylobacter , medicine , shigella , rotavirus , aeromonas , microbiology and biotechnology , salmonella , norovirus , enterotoxigenic escherichia coli , enteropathogenic escherichia coli , yersinia , acute diarrhea , feces , virology , escherichia coli , biology , bacteria , outbreak , enterotoxin , biochemistry , genetics , gene
In order to ascertain the prevalence of agents that cause childhood diarrheal illness, stool specimens of 312 consecutive children with community-acquired diarrhea requiring admission were evaluated. Pathogens were detected in 166 (53%) of the 312 children (>/=2 pathogens in 28 children): Rotavirus (n=75), Salmonella spp. (n=37), Campylobacter spp. (n=24), Shigella spp. (n=5), Giardia spp. (n=4), Yersinia spp. (n=2), Aeromonas spp. (n=15), Cryptosporidium (n=15), enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (n=13), enterotoxigenic E. coli (n=7), and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (n=5). In conclusion, acute childhood diarrheal illness pathogens, such as Aeromonas, Cryptosporidium, and diarrheagenic E. coli, account for a large proportion of patients with a microbiologically positive stool specimen.
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