Sen, D. ; Saha, M. R. ; Niyogi, S. K. ; Nair, G. B. ; De, S. P. ; Datta, P. ; Datta, D. ; Pal, S. C. ; Bose, R. ; Roychowdhury, J. (1983) Aetiological studies on hospital in-patients with acute diarrhoea in Calcutta Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 77 (2). pp. 212-214. ISSN 0035-9203
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Abstract
Bacterial enteropathogens and rotavirus were sought in 356 cases with acute diarrhoea admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Calcutta. One or more pathogens were isolated from 74·7% of the cases. Single enteropathogens could be detected from 66% and multiple enteropathogens from 8·7% of the patients. Vibrio cholerae biotype El Tor, rotavirus, V. parahaemolyticus, and enteropathogenic and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli were the major pathogens detected. Rotavirus was detected from 7·6% of the cases. A higher rate of detection of rotavirus was seen in children younger than two years. Campylobacter jejuni could be isolated from the faeces of six (15%) of 40 cases either as a single pathogen or in association with V. cholerae biotype El Tor.
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