Multicountry Analysis of Spectrum of Clinical Manifestations of Children <5 Years of Age Hospitalized with Diarrhea

After introduction of rotavirus vaccine, other pathogens might become leading causes of hospitalizations for severe diarrhea among children <5 years of age. Our study in 33 hospitals in 7 countries found acute gastroenteritis accounted for most (84%) reported hospitalizations of children with dia...

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Autores principales: Murray, Jillian, Soenarto, S. Yati, Mulyani, Nenny S., Wijesinghe, Pushpa S., Mpabalwani, Evans M., Simwaka, Julia C., Matapo, Belem, Mwenda, Jason M., Sahakyan, Gayane, Grigoryan, Svetlana, Vanyan, Artavazd, Khactatryan, Sergey, Sanwogou, Jennifer, Helena de Oliveira, Lúcia, Rey-Benito, Gloria, Kang, Gagandeep, Serhan, Fatima, Tate, Jacqueline E., Aliabadi, Negar, Cohen, Adam L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6874262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31742521
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.180712
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Sumario:After introduction of rotavirus vaccine, other pathogens might become leading causes of hospitalizations for severe diarrhea among children <5 years of age. Our study in 33 hospitals in 7 countries found acute gastroenteritis accounted for most (84%) reported hospitalizations of children with diarrhea. Bloody and persistent diarrhea each accounted for <1%.

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