ΑΝΑΔΡΟΜΙΚΗ ΕΠΙΔΗΜΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΔΙΑΡΡΟΙΩΝ ΝΕΑΡΑΣ ΠΑΙΔΙΚΗΣ ΗΛΙΚΙΑΣ

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO REVEAL THE PREDISPOSING AETIOLOGIC FACTORS OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN OF PATRAS AND GREATER SOUTH WEST GREECE. AN INVESTIGATION WAS DONE FOR ALL CHILDREN WITH GASTROENTERITIS FOR A FULL YEAR PERIOD BETWEEN MAY 83 AND MAY 84 AND A SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLE OF CONTROLS WAS SELECTED AMONG CHILDREN OF THE SAME SEX AND AGE GROUP, HOSPITALIZED FOR REASONS OTHER THAN GASTROENTERITIS AT THE SAME TIME. AMONG 127 CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM GASTROENTERITIS BACTERIAL INFECTION WAS FOUND IN 25%. E. COLI ACCOUNTED FOR THE 11% , FOLLOWED BY SHIGELLA (8.6%) AND CAMPYLOBACTER (4.7%). THE REALATIONSHIP AND SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE ACUTE BACTERIAL GASTROENTERITIS IS NEGATIVE. REGARDING THE CAUSATIVE FACTORS OF NON BACTERIAL GASTROENTERITIS, HOUSE OVERCROWDING, USE OF WELLS FOR DRINKING WATER AND USE OF CONDENSED MILK FOR INFANTS OF OVER 3 MONTHS OF AGE, ARE CONSIDERED THE MOST IMPORTANT TO THE INCIDENCEOF THE DISEASE.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Patras

Year dc:date

1988

Authors dc:creator

• Krokidas, Georgios
• Κροκίδας, Γεώργιος

• ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS IN CHILDREN
• DIARRHEA IN THE PEDIATRIC AGE GROUPS
• DIARRHEAS OF CHILDREN IN S.W. GREECE
• ΔΙΑΡΡΟΙΕΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΑΙΔΙΚΗ ΗΛΙΚΙΑ
• ΔΙΑΡΡΟΙΕΣ ΤΩΝ ΠΑΙΔΙΩΝ ΣΤΗ Ν.Δ. ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
• ΕΠΙΔΗΜΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΛΟΙΜΩΞΕΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΓΑΣΤΡIΚΟΥ
• ΟΞΕΙΑ ΓΑΣΤΡΕΝΤΕΡΙΤΙΔΑ ΣΤΑ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ
• Ιατρική και Επιστήμες Υγείας
• Επιστήμες Υγείας
• Medical and Health Sciences
• Health Sciences

Language dc:language

gre

Identifier

10.12681/eadd/0709

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:10442/0709