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[Salmonella infections in infants hospitalized in the years 1979-1983]
J Gruszczyński1, J Kasznia-Kocot, M Kampa-Gałazka
1IV Katedry i Kliniki Pediatrii Sl. Ak. Med., Chorzowie.
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Salmonella infections in infants often cause severe diarrhea, especially in the first three months. These infections frequently co-occur with other serious conditions like pneumonia and anemia.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Infectious Diseases
- Microbiology
Abstract:
The clinical course is described of Salmonella infections in 228 infants. The infection was associated, most frequently, with diarrhoea (with admixture of blood in stools in 57.2% of cases). In infants in the first 3 months of life the course of the disease was more serious, with evidence of toxic organ damage and prolonged diarrhoea. Salmonella infection was often associated with pneumonia or bronchitis (36.8%), urinary tract infection (29.8%), otitis media (22.8%). Iron-deficiency anaemia was present in three-fourths of children. In 35% of the infected children with Salmonella infection decreased level of gamma-globulins was found.