title: Fungal diarrhoea: association of different fungi and seasonal variation in their incidence.
abstract: A total of 854 patients (640 children and 214 adults) admitted with acute or chronic diarrhoea suspected of non-invasive overgrowth of fungi in intestine were screened during a period of 3 years. Fungal proliferation was noted in 54.8% of these patients (53.6% in children, 58.4% in adults). The predominant fungal species isolated were Candida albicans (64.5%), followed by C. tropicalis (23.3%) C. krusei (6.9%). Torulopsis glabrata (1.6%). Trichosporon sp. and Geotrichum sp. were found to be responsible in 2.3% of adults. As seen in bacterial diarrhoea, higher incidence was noted in children from April to August. No such seasonal variation was noted in adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Talwar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chawla
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Walia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Chugh
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005848:Geotrichum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012621:Seasons; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000302:isolation & purification