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Nutritional status and diarrhoeal pathogen in hospitalized children in Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Dewan N,
Faruque ASG,
Fuchs GJ
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1998.tb01520.x
Subject(s) - medicine , underweight , rotavirus , diarrhea , shigella , diarrhoeal disease , vibrio cholerae , pediatrics , malnutrition , environmental health , salmonella , overweight , obesity , bacteria , biology , genetics
We studied the relationship between nutritional status and infection due to specific enteropathogens in young children with diarrhoea. Overall, 26% of the children were severely underweight, 27% were severely wasted and 19% were severely stunted. Children with Shigellae and V. cholerae O1 were significantly more severely underweight, wasted and stunted than those with rotavirus diarrhoea ( p < 0:0001). Our results indicate that an effective nutrition programme for young children might have greater impact on diarrhoeal illness caused by Shigella and V. cholerae than by rotavirus diarrhoea.