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Prospective study of nosocomial enteric infections in a pediatric hospital, Calcutta. 1993

P Dutta, and U Mitra, and R Rasaily, and S K Bhattacharya, and S P De, and D Sen, and M R Saha, and G B Nair, and S K Niyogi, and P Das
Divisions of Clinical Medicine and Microbiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta.

Hospital acquired enteric infections were investigated by studying 3138 children under 5 years of age who were admitted without diarrhea in nine medical words of a pediatric hospital, Calcutta during the period between March and September 1987. Three hundred and twenty (10.2%) children developed nosocomial diarrhea during their hospital stay. Fecal samples from 178 nosocomial diarrhea, 345 hospitalized diarrhea cases, 178 hospital controls and 200 outpatient controls were collected for detection of established enteropathogens. There were no statistically significant differences in the detection of most of the enteropathogens from fecal samples of nosocomial diarrhea, hospitalized diarrhea and hospital controls. Enteric pathogens were detected at a higher frequency (statistically significant) from fecal samples of nosocomial diarrhea cases as compared to outpatient controls. This study highlights the importance of most of the enteropathogens like Shigella, Salmonella, rotavirus, enteropathogenic E. coli as the cause of hospital cross infection. This study reinforces the importance of developing preventive measures in order to reduce the frequency of illness.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007194 India A country in southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan. The capitol is New Delhi. Republic of India
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297 Male Males
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003428 Cross Infection Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution. Hospital Infections,Nosocomial Infections,Health Care Associated Infection,Health Care Associated Infections,Healthcare Associated Infections,Infection, Cross,Infections, Hospital,Infections, Nosocomial,Cross Infections,Healthcare Associated Infection,Hospital Infection,Infection, Healthcare Associated,Infection, Hospital,Infection, Nosocomial,Infections, Cross,Infections, Healthcare Associated,Nosocomial Infection
D003967 Diarrhea An increased liquidity or decreased consistency of FECES, such as running stool. Fecal consistency is related to the ratio of water-holding capacity of insoluble solids to total water, rather than the amount of water present. Diarrhea is not hyperdefecation or increased fecal weight. Diarrheas
D003968 Diarrhea, Infantile DIARRHEA occurring in infants from newborn to 24-months old. Infantile Diarrhea,Diarrheas, Infantile,Infantile Diarrheas
D005260 Female Females

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