Death in Shigellosis: Incidence and Risk Factors in Hospitalized Patients

Death in Shigellosis: Incidence and Risk Factors in Hospitalized Patients

The total number of admissions and deaths of patients with shigellosis were ascertained at the Dhaka Treatment Centre of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, 1974–1988, and the characteristics of 67 patients who died were compared with those of 134 discharged alive....

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of infectious diseases 1990-03, Vol.161 (3), p.500-506
Hauptverfasser: Bennish, Michael L., Harris, Jeffrey R., Wojtyniak, Bogdan J., Struelens, Marc
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Bacillary dysentery
Bangladesh
Blood proteins
Child
Child, Preschool
Diarrhea
Dysentery
Dysentery, Bacillary - blood
Dysentery, Bacillary - complications
Dysentery, Bacillary - mortality
Epidemiology
Female
Hospital admissions
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infections
Major Articles
Male
Mortality
Nutrition Disorders - complications
Predisposing factors
Regression Analysis
Risk Factors
Sepsis - complications
Shigella
Shigella dysenteriae
Shigella sonnei
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Zusammenfassung:The total number of admissions and deaths of patients with shigellosis were ascertained at the Dhaka Treatment Centre of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, 1974–1988, and the characteristics of 67 patients who died were compared with those of 134 discharged alive. Of 9780 Shigella-infected inpatients, 889 (9.1%) died; 32.3% of deaths occurred in children >1 year of age. Fatality rates were highest (10.3%)in Shigella sonnei-infected patients and lowest (6.7%) in Shigella dysenteriae type 1-infected patients. Age
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1093/infdis/161.3.500