Laurentz R, Manoempil P S
Liun Kendage District General Hospital, Indonesia.
Asia Pac J Public Health. 1995;8(3):186-9. doi: 10.1177/101053959500800308.
Malarial diarrhoea in children are very variable and sometimes clinically indistinguishable from other diarrhoea in malaria endemic areas. This descriptive study was carried out to examine the proportion of malaria infection among diarrhoea children and compare the diarrhoea pattern to those of that diarrhoea without malaria infections. During January 1992-December 1994, data were collected and analysed. Out of 2,013 hospitalised children, there were 421 (20.91%) with diarrhoea. Out of 421, there were 150 (35.63%) diarrhoea with malaria infections. All cases are caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Majority of the cases are in age group of under one, where fever is the predominant symptom. The length of stay of diarrhoea with malaria cases is longer than those of that diarrhoea without malaria infections.
儿童疟疾性腹泻情况差异很大，有时在临床上与疟疾流行地区的其他腹泻难以区分。开展这项描述性研究是为了调查腹泻儿童中疟疾感染的比例，并将腹泻模式与未感染疟疾的腹泻儿童进行比较。在1992年1月至1994年12月期间，收集并分析了数据。在2013名住院儿童中，有421名（20.91%）患有腹泻。在这421名儿童中，有150名（35.63%）腹泻患儿感染了疟疾。所有病例均由恶性疟原虫引起。大多数病例在1岁以下年龄组，主要症状为发热。感染疟疾的腹泻病例住院时间比未感染疟疾的腹泻病例更长。
