title: Seasonal variation of enteropathogens in infants and preschoolers with acute diarrhea in western Mexico.
abstract: The present study estimates the prevalence of some enteropathogens in infants and preschoolers with acute diarrhea. From 2006 to 2007, 5459 consecutive stool samples were evaluated. Cryptosporidium parvum was the parasite identified with the higher frequency (5.1%), followed by Giardia lamblia (1.2%). Campylobacter jejuni was isolated in 858 cases (15.7%) and was the most frequent enteropathogen overall. The rates of C parvum, Shigella, and Salmonella were higher in the summer. Rotavirus had the expected winter peak and it was the third enteropathogen because of its frequency. Overall frequency of stool-reducing substances was 15.6% and was associated with a rotavirus-positive test.
authors: Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología Clínica, Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Jalisco, México. alfredolarrosaharo@hotmail.com
authors: Alfredo
authors: A
authors: Larrosa-Haro
authors: Rocío
authors: R
authors: Macias-Rosales
authors: Carmen A
authors: CA
authors: Sánchez-Ramírez
authors: M Carmen
authors: MC
authors: Cortés-López
authors: Sergio
authors: S
authors: Aguilar-Benavides
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012621:Seasons