title: [Study of etiology on inpatients with diarrhea in Suixian county of east Henan].
abstract: To study the etiology of inpatients with diarrhoea, 372 inpatients with diarrhoea were studied in Suixian county in 1990. Three causative agents as diarrhoeagenic bacteria, rotavirus and diarrhoeagenic parasites were isolated. 12 kinds of diarrhoeal pathogens with 237 strains were isolated. The overall isolation rate was 63.71%, including diarrhoeagenic bacteria 44.35%, rotaviruses 12.1% and diarrhoeagenic parasites 7.26%. The main pathogens were Salmonella typhimurium and Rotavirus (44.3% and 18.9% of total pathogens isolated). Inpatients with diarrhoea between 0-1 years (67.1% of total pathogens isolated) had the highest rates. The isolation rates in the third quarter and the fourth quarter were not significantly higher than that of the others seasons. Analysis on epidemiological characteristics clinical diagnosis and infectious agents was also carried out.
authors.affiliation: Sanitation and Anti-epidemic Station of Suixian County, Henan Province.
authors.forename: Z D
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: X S
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections; D012480:Salmonella Infections; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000302:isolation & purification*