El-Mohamady Hanon, Abdel-Messih Ibrahim A, Youssef Fouad G, Said Mohamad, Farag Hossaini, Shaheen Hind I, Rockabrand David M, Luby Stephen B, Hajjeh Rana, Sanders John W, Monteville Marshall R, Klena John D, Frenck Robert W
Enteric Diseases Research Program, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit N-3, Box 5000, FPO AE 09835-0007 Cairo, Egypt.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2006 Sep;56(1):1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.02.007. Epub 2006 May 3.
In a cross-sectional study of children <60 months old from Fayoum, Egypt, presenting with diarrhea, 46% (162/356) had detectable enteric pathogens. Bacterial pathogens were identified in 25% (89/356), whereas rotavirus and Cryptosporidium were detected in 21% (54/253) and 15% (39/253), respectively. Cryptosporidium is an important pathogen in this region.
在一项针对埃及法尤姆地区60个月以下出现腹泻症状儿童的横断面研究中,46%(162/356)的儿童检测出肠道病原体。25%(89/356)的儿童鉴定出细菌病原体,而分别有21%(54/253)和15%(39/253)的儿童检测出轮状病毒和隐孢子虫。隐孢子虫是该地区的一种重要病原体。