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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1993 39(6):365-367; doi:10.1093/tropej/39.6.365
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Aetiology of Acute Diarrhoea in Hospitalized Children in Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil

A. H. Regua Mangia, A. N. Duarte, R. Duarte, L. A. Silva, V. L. R. Bravo and M. C. Leal*

*Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Fundaçào Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Departamentos de Ciências Biológicas e Epidemiologia Fundaçào Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Correspondence: Adriana Hamond Regua Mangia, Fundaräo Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacional de Sauéde Puéblica, Rua Leopoldo Bulhöes, 1480 - 6°, andar, Manguinhos, 21041, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Enteropathogens were investigated in 406 children aged 0–3 years with diarrhoea attending the Salles Neto Municipal Hospital. Enteric bacterial pathogens were isolated from 49 per cent of the children. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) (20.9 per cent), enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) (16.5 per cent), rotavirus (11.6 per cent), and Campylobacter (9.9 per cent) were the most common agents. Among clinical features, vomiting and fever were significantly associated with Rotavirus isolation (50.0 per cent), respiratory infection with Adenovirus (14.3 per cent), bloody diarrhoea with Campylobacter (12.5 per cent), and dehydration with EPEC (71.6 per cent).


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