Shigellosis in neonates and young infants

Shigellosis in neonates and young infants

To determine the clinical features and outcome of shigellosis in young infants, we reviewed the hospital records of 159 infants ≤ 3 months of age (including 30 neonates) and 159 children 1 to 10 years of age with shigellosis who were admitted to the Diarrhoea Treatment Centre in Dacca, Bangladesh. I...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of pediatrics 1994-07, Vol.125 (1), p.14-22
Hauptverfasser: Huskins, W.Charles, Griffiths, Jeffrey K., Faruque, A.S.G., Bennish, Michael L.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age Factors
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Diarrhea - complications
Diarrhea - diagnosis
Diarrhea - microbiology
Diarrhea - mortality
Diarrhea, Infantile - complications
Diarrhea, Infantile - diagnosis
Diarrhea, Infantile - microbiology
Diarrhea, Infantile - mortality
Dysentery, Bacillary - complications
Dysentery, Bacillary - diagnosis
Dysentery, Bacillary - mortality
Female
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infectious diseases
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Population
Shigella - isolation & purification
Tropical bacterial diseases
Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:To determine the clinical features and outcome of shigellosis in young infants, we reviewed the hospital records of 159 infants ≤ 3 months of age (including 30 neonates) and 159 children 1 to 10 years of age with shigellosis who were admitted to the Diarrhoea Treatment Centre in Dacca, Bangladesh. Infants more commonly had a history of nonbloody diarrhea (82.8% vs 42.7%; p
ISSN:0022-3476
1097-6833
DOI:10.1016/S0022-3476(94)70115-6