Aetiology of acute gastro-enteritis in children at Saint Camille Medical Centre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
The present study aims at identifying the infectious agents responsible for child Acute GastroEnteritis (AGE) in Ouagadougou. From May 5 2006 to June 22 2008, 648 children aged from 2 to 41 months, with at least an average of 3 loose stools per day have been enrolled for coproculture, parasitology and virology test. Among them, 34 (5.25%) were HIV seropositive. A single sample of faeces from each child was used to identify enteropathogens. An infectious aetiology was identified in 41.20% of cases. The pathogenic agents detected as responsible for the AGE are: Rotavirus 21.1%; Adenovirus 1.9%; Giardia 7.6% Entamoeba; 1.08%; entero-pathogenic E. coli 41.7%; Salmonella 3.40%; Shigella 1.85% and Yersinia 1.70%.


CONCLUSIONS
Therefore, these AGE etiologic agents constitute a problem of public health in Burkina Faso. Their control for the child would require: (1) a regular paediatric and clinical follow up; (2) health education of the population for food hygiene and (3) in case of absence of HIV infection in the mother, a promotion of exclusive breast-feeding up to the age of 4 months.
Simpore
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Medical Centre, Saint Camille-Pietro Annigoni Biomolecular Research Centre, Saint Camille-Cerba/Labiogene-Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 01 BP 364 Ouagadougou, 01 Burkina Faso, Italy.
Ouermi
D
D
Ilboudo
D
D
Kabre
A
A
Zeba
B
B
Pietra
V
V
Pignatelli
S
S
Nikiema
J B
JB
Kabre
G B
GB
Caligaris
S
S
Schumacher
F
F
Castelli
F
F
D000886:Anthropometry; D002050:Burkina Faso / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant