Diarrheal Diseases of Children

Importance of enteric adenoviruses 40 and 41 in acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children

“…Several investigations have been undertaken to elucidate the role of adenoviruses in acute infantile gastroenteritis, and they have yielded conflicting results. Significantly higher adenovirus isolation rates have been demonstrated for children with diarrhea than for asymptomatic children (20,23). Other investigators have found no difference in such rates between children with and without diarrhea (11,47).…”

Viruses and diarrhoea in West Africa and London: a collaborative study

“…Particles resembling coronaviruses (CALJL et al, 1975;MATHAN et al, 1975) and small isometric particles (APPLETON & HIGGINS, 1975;~JADELEY & COSGROVE, 1975,1976 have also been seen although it is not clear whether they are pathogenic Viruses which are detected by inoculation of tissue cultures, such as enterovimses and adenoviruses, are only occasionally cultured from patients with diarrhoea in Britain, but are common in children with and without diarrhoea in developing countries; in some studies there has been evidence that these viruses may be associated with diarrhoea (e.g. Yow et al, 1966;RAMOS-ALVAREZ &OLARTE, 1964, andsee CRAMBLETT &SIEWERS 1965) but they are not generally thought to explain diarrhoea of children in the tropics.…”

Diarrea aguda con deshidratación de evolución tórpida

“…Las numerosas publicaciones existentes sobre hallazgos bacteiiologicos en deposiciones de lactantes con diarrea aguda dan cifras eminentemente variables (16,17,18,19,20,21,22,24). En general, se han encontrado germenes enteropatogenos en un 20-30% de los casos y rara.mente en mas de 40%.…”