title: [Current treatment and prevention of juvenile gastroenteritis].
abstract: The present knowledges about the damage mechanisms of germs in infectious diarrhea, on which are based the therapy procedures are reviewed. The management consist in oral rehydratation and precocius oral feeding as the main therapy. A scheme of treatment and the future perspectives in Valladolid during the last 9 months (609 fecal cultures) is reported. The participation of isolated germs in the pathogenesis of diarrhea is discussed. Since the acquisition of new methods to detect compylobacter, yersinia and rotavirus, the number of positive fecal cultures has increased in our medium.
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003106:Colon / Q000503:physiopathology; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins
vernacular_title: Actualización del tratamiento y prevención de la gastroenteritis infantil.