Associated infections in persistent diarrhoea - another perspective
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Associated infections in persistent diarrhoea--another perspective.
Seventy-eight children diagnosed as cases of persistent diarrhoea (PD) from 1 month to 5 years of age (mean age 8.92 months) hospitalized during a 2-year study period were screened for the presence of non-gastrointestinal infections. Clinical screening suggested acute respiratory infection (ARI) in 30 per cent cases, urinary tract infection (UTI) in 19 per cent and acute suppurative otitis medi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0142-6338,1465-3664
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.2.64