The microbial aetiology of summer paediatric gastroenteritis at Ga-Rankuwa Hospital in South Africa.

A. Geyer; H. H. Crewe-Brown; A. S. Greeff; P. J. Fripp; A. D. Steele; T. V. Van Schalkwyk; C. G. Clay

The microbial aetiology of summer paediatric gastroenteritis at Ga-Rankuwa Hospital in South Africa.

A. Geyer^*, H. H. Crewe-Brown, A. S. Greeff, P. J. Fripp, A. D. Steele, T. V. Van Schalkwyk, C. G. Clay

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Stool material from seventy-eight children below the age of three years was examined for the presence of various enteropathogens. The patients had been admitted to the Ga-Rankuwa hospital for rehydration therapy. A causative agent was identified in 76.9% of the cases studied. The most prevalent organisms identified were 38.5% entero-toxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), 25.6% Cryptosporidium parvum, 15.4% Campylobacter sp., 14.1% enteric adenoviruses and 12.8% rotavirus. In 38.5% of cases, a mixed infection was observed with up to four different organisms being identified from a single patient. ETEC elaborating heat-labile toxin (LT) found together with C. parvum was the most common combination seen in mixed infections.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	78-81
Number of pages	4
Journal	East African Medical Journal
Volume	70
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - Feb 1993

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