Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and other causes of infectious pediatric diarrheas in Jakarta, Indonesia

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1993 Sep;24(3):420-4.

Abstract

A hospital stool survey of Indonesian children less than 5 years of age determined the prevalence of diarrhea caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and other bacterial enteropathogens, compared to non-diarrheic control patients. ETEC were the second most frequent cause of diarrhea, isolated from 16 of 194 (8.2%) of patient's stools compared to 2 of 97 (2.1%) of control stools. The highest prevalence was in infants 12 to 23 months of age (17.9%).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology*
  • Diarrhea, Infantile / epidemiology
  • Diarrhea, Infantile / microbiology
  • Enterotoxins*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Indonesia / epidemiology
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Prevalence
  • Proportional Hazards Models

Substances

  • Enterotoxins