Studies on infantile diarrhea in Cairo, Egypt

A study of infants with summer infantile diarrhea, a significant cause of death among Egyptian children, and a group of matched control children was conducted to clarify the etiology and pathology of the disease. The illness probably results from interaction of nutritional, environmental, microbiolo...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of tropical pediatrics and environmental child health 1978-08, Vol.24 (4), p.187-194
Main Authors: Abraham, A.A, Cahill, K.M, Davies, J, Kawaguchi, T, Miller, L.F, Northway, J.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteria - isolation & purification
Child, Preschool
diarrhea
Diarrhea, Infantile - epidemiology
Diarrhea, Infantile - microbiology
disease prevention
Egypt
epidemiology
etiology
Fecal analysis
Female
Humans
Infant
infant mortality
infants
Male
Viruses - isolation & purification
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:A study of infants with summer infantile diarrhea, a significant cause of death among Egyptian children, and a group of matched control children was conducted to clarify the etiology and pathology of the disease. The illness probably results from interaction of nutritional, environmental, microbiological and other host factors. This study clearly incriminated the known enteropathogenic bacteria while exonerating the enteric viruses and parasites. Infection by more than one enteropathogenic bacterium was commonly found in the diarrheal group, but not in the control group. Treatment, research methods and results of the study are detailed.
ISSN:0300-9920
DOI:10.1093/tropej/24.4.187