[Etiology of acute diarrheas in XXXX from the Lodz region. I. Occurrence of etiologic agents].

@entity1 @entity294 @entity325 @entity526
The aim of this study was determination of the etiologic agents (bacterial, fungal or viral) of acute diarrheas in @entity1 from the     d   region, suffering from acute @entity294 during the period from October 1998 to February 2001. Rotaviruses were detected by the latex test. Other microorganisms belonging to the Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonadaceae and Vibrionaceae families, as well as the genera Listeria, Campylobacter, Candida, Staphylococcus were cultured on standard or selective culture media according to the NDH recommendations and identification by means of API system. Acute @entity294 in 155 small @entity1 below 6 years of age from the     d   region were caused by rotaviruses (n = 42; 27%). Enteropathogenic strains of @entity526 (n = 25; 16.1%) occupied the third place after Salmonella bacteria (n = 30; 19.3%--second place). Among @entity294 bacteria showed high frequency of occurrence (n = 22; 14.1%). The investigations enabled identification both the @entity325 (n = 25; 16.1%) and more rare etiologic agents of @entity294 . CONCLUSIONS: 1. Acute @entity294 in @entity1 from the region     d   were most frequently caused by rotaviruses; 2. Modern microbiological diagnostics of acute @entity294 in @entity1 should be multilateral, taking account of the @entity325 and expanding the routine search for bacteria of the genus Campylobacter.
