title: [Epidemiological and etiologic aspects of children acute gastro-enteritis in Kinshasa (author's transl)].
abstract: From 1972 to 1974 a retrospective study on acute gastroenteritis has been done, at Kinshasa University Hospital, Clinic of Pediatrics; the frequency of these gastro-enteric syndromes at admission is estimated about 18 p. 100. Majority of the cases occurred before 3 years old (92 p. 100), malnourished infants and children being exposed (91 p. 100). The pathogens were isolated in 44 p. 100 of the cases, bacterial etiology being dominated by Salmonella, which represent 2/3 of the cases; 99 p. 100 of the Salmonella strains are resistant to one or many antibacterial drugs. Seventy-nine of the infants and children died (8 p. 100): may be measles and malnutrition have played an important role in this wrong clinic evolution.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012703:Serotyping
vernacular_title: Aspects épidémiologiques et étiologiques des gastro-entérites aiguës de l'enfant à Kinshasa.