Aetiology of Childhood Diarrhoea in children treated at the children's hospital ,Colombo

Jayawardene, M.I.F.P.

dc.contributor.author	Jayawardene, M.I.F.P.
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-28T05:14:56Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-28T05:14:56Z
dc.date.issued	1992
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/6529
dc.description	Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, 1992 Degree: Ph.D	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Viral, Bacterial and Protozoan causes of childhood diarrhoea in Colombo, clinical features, seasonality and risk factors, and antibiotic sensitivity were studied in a 3 year prospective study. The commonest virus isolated was the Rotavirus and the Bacteria was shigellae among a host of other pathogens. Adenovirus was the commonest pathogen isolated among cases treated in the OPD Majority were between 3 months and 3 years and 50 percent were malnourished. Evidence showed infection was due to pollution and No seasmality was seen. Over use of Antibiotics was seen both at primary health care level and the hospital and increased the risk of persistant diorrhoea by four fold.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Colombo	en_US
dc.subject	Diarrhea-epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Diarrhea-etiology	en_US
dc.subject	Child, Hospitalized	en_US
dc.subject	Risk Factors	en_US
dc.subject	Child	en_US
dc.title	Aetiology of Childhood Diarrhoea in children treated at the children's hospital ,Colombo	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US