enterotoxigenic escherichia coli associated with infant diarrhoea in galicia, north-western spain. | to assess the role of enterotoxigenic escherichia coli (etec) in infantile diarrhoea, 482 children with diarrhoea and 103 healthy controls, from three localities of galicia, north-western spain, were investigated between 1985 and 1988. rotavirus (37.3%) and salmonella spp. (12.8%) were the most common causal agents, followed by etec (3.9%), campylobacter jejuni (2.3%), shigella spp. (0.9%) and yersinia enterocolitica (0.5%). etec were significantly more frequently isolated from children with dia ... | 1991 | 1895327 |
[rotavirus: clinical and epidemiological study in hospitalized children under two years of age]. | rotavirus (rv) remains as the leading cause of acute diarrheal disease in early infancy; nevertheless, there are few epidemiological studies in our geographical area. in order to better understand the clinical epidemiology of rv, we have carried out a revision of acute diarrheal illnesses in the area of santiago de compostela (spain) in children younger than 2 years of age who needed hospitalization during a 12 month period. | 1996 | 9036781 |
Prospective evaluation of indirect costs due to acute rotavirus gastroenteritis in Spain: the ROTACOST study. | The effect of rotavirus in developed countries is mainly economic. This study aimed to assess the indirect costs induced by rotavirus acute gastroenteritis (RVAGE) in Spain. | 2011 | 21917176 |