title: Acute gastroenteritis caused by multiple enteric pathogens in children.
abstract: Of 303 children hospitalized with acute non-bloody, non-mucoid diarrhoea, 69 (22.8%) had polymicrobial infection, including 52 (17.2%) multiple viral infection and 17 (5.6%) viral and bacterial co-infection. Rotavirus had the most important role in both categories; thus the control of rotavirus infection is crucial for maintaining children's health in Taiwan.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: S-Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C-N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: H-C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: M-W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: T-Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: T-Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: C-H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*