[Clinical and epidemiological description of acute intestinal infections in children of the lower Volga region].
In accordance with the results of laboratory diagnostics, carried out by bacteriological, serological and PCR methods, the etiological structure of acute bacterial and viral intestinal infections, most frequently occurring in children of the Astrakhan region, is presented. An important role of viral diarrhea cases, prevailing among the total number of cases of intestinal infections in children, is emphasized. The data on the irregular distribution of morbidity by months, especially in viral intestinal infections and salmonellosis with the prevalent involvement of children aged up to 2 years into the epidemic process, are presented. Infections affect mainly children given artificial feeding, as well as those with complicated premorbid state and frequently having acute respiratory viral infections.
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Burkin
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Kharchenko
D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D001903:Bottle Feeding; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D004760:Enterocolitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology