Mendis L, Kumarasinghe G, Chow C, Liew H Y, Ramachandran N P, Jayawardene K, Thong K T, Howe J L, Lim E W, Zaman V
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Pathology. 1995 Jan;27(1):48-52. doi: 10.1080/00313029500169452.
Labile toxin producing enterotoxic E. coli (ETEC) were the commonest pathogen isolated from diarrheal stools of hospitalized children (21%) and adults (26%) in Singapore. Salmonellas ranked a close second in children (19%). Other bacterial pathogens were isolated from less than 5% of subjects. Blastocystis hominis was detected in 4.3% of diarrheal stools when a simple sedimentation technique was used. Cryptosporidium was not detected at all. An analysis of yeast counts in smears of diarrheal and non-diarrheal stools suggested they were etiologically associated with at least 6% of diarrhea in children and 19% in adults. Testing for rotaviruses by Latex agglutination and for adenovirus by electronmicroscopy showed an association with 6 per cent and 3 per cent diarrhea respectively. The study highlighted a need for: case control studies on ETEC and B. hominis; studies on the epidemiology of diarrhea by yeasts; establishing the true incidence of adenovirus diarrhea; studies on the prevalence and seasonality of rotavirus infection in Singapore.
产不耐热毒素的肠毒素性大肠杆菌(ETEC)是从新加坡住院儿童(21%)和成人(26%)腹泻粪便中分离出的最常见病原体。沙门氏菌在儿童中排名第二(19%)。其他细菌病原体在不到5%的受试者中被分离出来。当使用简单沉淀技术时,在4.3%的腹泻粪便中检测到了人芽囊原虫。未检测到隐孢子虫。对腹泻和非腹泻粪便涂片的酵母计数分析表明,它们在病因上与儿童至少6%的腹泻和成人19%的腹泻有关。通过乳胶凝集试验检测轮状病毒,通过电子显微镜检测腺病毒,结果表明它们分别与6%和3%的腹泻有关。该研究强调需要:对ETEC和人芽囊原虫进行病例对照研究;对酵母引起腹泻的流行病学进行研究;确定腺病毒腹泻的真实发病率;对新加坡轮状病毒感染的患病率和季节性进行研究。