Open AccessPeculiarities of the course and outcome of viral hepatitis A in children with acute dysentery Flexner's disease
Author(s) -
L. S. Kalyagina,
E. A. Manakova,
D. Krausé
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj81109
Subject(s) - dysentery , medicine , viral hepatitis , disease , hepatitis a , jaundice , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pediatrics , hepatitis , immunology , pathology
The aim of this work was to study the peculiarities of course and outcomes of viral hepatitis A (VHA) in children with acute dysentery Flexner's disease. The results of the study are based on clinical and laboratory examination data of Nizhny Novgorod Children's Hepatitis Center at Infectious Diseases Hospital No. 23 in 1989. 18 children at the age from 3 to 14 years old, who had and had recovered from VGA and acute dysentery Flexner's disease. Mild jaundice form of the disease was found in 2/3 of the children, and moderate - in 1/3 of the children. More than 2/3 of patients were boys of school age.