Different Age Distribution between Campylobacteriosis and Nontyphoidal Salmonellosis in Hospitalized Korean Children with Acute Inflammatory Diarrhea
- Authors
- Shim, Jung Ok; Chang, Ju Young; Kim, Ahlee; Shin, Sue
- Issue Date
- 7월-2017
- Publisher
- KOREAN ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Keywords
- Children; Campylobacter; Nontyphoidal Salmonella; Age
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, v.32, no.7, pp.1202 - 1206
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
- Volume
- 32
- Number
- 7
- Start Page
- 1202
- End Page
- 1206
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/83052
- DOI
- 10.3346/jkms.2017.32.7.1202
- ISSN
- 1011-8934
- Abstract
- We investigated recent epidemiologic trends regarding campylobacteriosis vs. nontyphoidal salmonellosis (NTS), a previously known leading cause of bacterial enterocolitis in Korean children. Among 363 hospitalized children with acute inflammatory diarrhea, Campylobacter (18.7%) was the most frequently detected pathogen using multiplex polymerase chain reaction tests followed by Salmonella (15.4%). Children with campylobacteriosis were older than children with NTS (112.6 months [interquartile range (IQR) 66.0-160.1] vs. 53 months [IQR 31.0-124.0], P < 0.001) and had higher prevalences of abdominal cramping and stool hemoglobin. Campylobacteriosis may be suspected as a primary cause of acute inflammatory diarrhea in hospitalized school-aged Korean children and adolescents.
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