Aetiology of gastroenteritis in infancy and early childhood in Rawalpindi and Islamabad area.
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A bacteriological study was done on the stool of 240 infants and young children. Ninety nine (41 2%) cases were found to be positive for causative agents of gastroenteritis. Stool cultures were positive for bacteria in 40% and for parasite in 1.3% patients. Thirty per cent of the cases had enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), followed by Proteus morganii (47%), Shigella (2.0%), Salmonella (1-6%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1.6%). Giardia intestinalis was found in 1.3% of cases. Bacteriological agents were observed in 45.6% of the cases upto the age of one year and 35.3% above one year (JPMA 31:201, 1981).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
دوره 31 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1981