title: The aetiology of diarrhoea in children at an urban hospital in Bangladesh.
abstract: Enteric pathogens were studied in 104 cases with acute diarrhoea and in 74 age and sex matched concurrent controls. One or more pathogens were isolated from 59.1% of cases compared with 20.4% of controls (P less than 0.001). Single enteropathogens were detected in 33.7% and multiple enteropathogens in 25.4% of the cases. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), Campylobacter jejuni, rotavirus, Vibrio cholerae non-O1 and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli were the major pathogens detected. The high rate of isolation of EPEC from diarrhoea cases (23.1%) indicated a definite role for this pathogen in causing endemic diarrhoea in Bangladesh.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moyenuddin
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sack
mesh_terms: D001459:Bangladesh; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014505:Urban Population; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000302:isolation & purification