title: [Acute gastroenteritis in childhood. Epidemiological comments on a hospital case series].
abstract: Thirty children suffering from acute diarrhoea have been examined over a period of 10 months. Salmonellae were present in 16.6% of the cases, Campylobacter in 10%, E. coli in 60%, Rotavirus in 10%. The monthly incidence of the infections has been studied, verifying values which fall into line with those reported by other authors. It has also been observed that macroscopic blood, fecal leucocytes are present in diarrhoea by bacterial agents, while Kerry test is more indicative of infections by Rotavirus. We fall into line with those who believe that the "use of products without lactose should be reserved for selected cases".
authors.affiliation: U.S.S.L. n. 47, Ospedale degli Infermi, Biella (Vercelli).
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonzano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sabucco
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D009780:Occult Blood; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification
vernacular_title: Gastroenteriti acute nell'infanzia. Alcune considerazioni di carattere epidemiologico su una casistica ospedaliera.