TY - JOUR
T1 - Nutritional status and diarrhoeal pathogen in hospitalized children in Bangladesh
AU - Dewan, N.
AU - Faruque, A. S.G.
AU - Fuchs, G. J.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - We studied the relationship between nutritional status and infection due to specific enteropathogens in young children with diarrhoea. Overall, 26% of the children were severely underweight, 27% were severely wasted and 19% were severely stunted. Children with Shigellae and V. cholerae O1 were significantly more severely underweight, wasted and stunted than those with rotavirus diarrhoea (p < 0.0001). Our results indicate that an effective nutrition programme for young children might have greater impact on diarrhoeal illness caused by Shigella and V. cholerae than by rotavirus diarrhoea.
AB - We studied the relationship between nutritional status and infection due to specific enteropathogens in young children with diarrhoea. Overall, 26% of the children were severely underweight, 27% were severely wasted and 19% were severely stunted. Children with Shigellae and V. cholerae O1 were significantly more severely underweight, wasted and stunted than those with rotavirus diarrhoea (p < 0.0001). Our results indicate that an effective nutrition programme for young children might have greater impact on diarrhoeal illness caused by Shigella and V. cholerae than by rotavirus diarrhoea.
KW - Diarrhoea
KW - Enteric pathogen
KW - Malnutrition
KW - Young children
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U2 - 10.1080/080352598750014012
DO - 10.1080/080352598750014012
M3 - Article
C2 - 9686653
AN - SCOPUS:0031871930
SN - 0803-5253
VL - 87
SP - 627
EP - 630
JO - Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
JF - Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
IS - 6
ER -
