Acute gastroenteritis caused by multiple enteric pathogens in children

S-Y Chen; C-N Tsai; H-C Chao; M-W Lai; T-Y Lin; T-Y Ko; C-H Chiu

doi:10.1017/S095026880800160X

Acute gastroenteritis caused by multiple enteric pathogens in children

Epidemiol Infect. 2009 Jul;137(7):932-5. doi: 10.1017/S095026880800160X. Epub 2008 Dec 2.

Authors

S-Y Chen¹, C-N Tsai, H-C Chao, M-W Lai, T-Y Lin, T-Y Ko, C-H Chiu

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

PMID: 19046476
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880800160X

Abstract

Of 303 children hospitalized with acute non-bloody, non-mucoid diarrhoea, 69 (22.8%) had polymicrobial infection, including 52 (17.2%) multiple viral infection and 17 (5.6%) viral and bacterial co-infection. Rotavirus had the most important role in both categories; thus the control of rotavirus infection is crucial for maintaining children's health in Taiwan.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Child, Preschool
Diarrhea / epidemiology
Diarrhea / microbiology
Gastroenteritis / epidemiology
Gastroenteritis / microbiology*
Humans
Infant
Taiwan / epidemiology
Virus Diseases / epidemiology
Virus Diseases / microbiology*