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Acute Community-Acquired Diarrhea Requiring Hospital Admission in Swiss Children

Essers, Bettina ; Burnens, André P. ; Lanfranchini, Francesco M. ; Somaruga, Stefano G. E. ; von Vigier, Rodo O. ; Schaad, Urs B. ; Aebi, Christoph ; Bianchetti, Mario G.

In: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2000, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 192-196

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    Titre
    • Acute Community-Acquired Diarrhea Requiring Hospital Admission in Swiss Children
    Auteur
    • Essers, Bettina. Department of Pediatrics, University of Bern, Bern
    • Burnens, André P.. Reference Laboratory for Foodborne Diseases, University of Bern, Bern
    • Lanfranchini, Francesco M.. Department of Pediatrics, University of Bern, Bern
    • Somaruga, Stefano G. E.. Department of Pediatrics, University of Bern, Bern
    • von Vigier, Rodo O.. Department of Pediatrics, University of Bern, Bern
    • Schaad, Urs B.. Department of Pediatrics, University of Bern, Bern
    • Aebi, Christoph. Department of Pediatrics, University of Bern, Bern
    • Bianchetti, Mario G.. Department of Pediatrics, University of Bern, Bern
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2000, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 192-196. The University of Chicago Press
    Autre version électronique
    Classification
    • Santé
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:301260
    Summary
    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