Managing condom use and non-use: a study of condom uses among clients of a sexual health clinic
Mckernon, S.
Venereology Official Publication of the National Venereology Council of Australia 9(4): 233-238
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 1032-1012 PMID: 12292367 Document Number: 375247
More than 50% of Egyptian children who die before reaching age 2 years perish as a result of acute infantile diarrhea. Most health experts in Egypt recommend that weaning foods be given to infants beginning at age 4-6 months, the point at which breast milk alone cannot meet an infant's nutritional needs. Findings are reported from an evaluation of the relationship between the weaning period and the possible incidence of diarrheal attacks. 60 cases aged 6-24 months presented with diarrhea after the early introduction of foods during the weaning period. 100 healthy infants matched according to age, sex, and socioeconomic status served as controls. 46.6% of cases were among infants under 1 year old. Only 30% of the children were originally breast-fed. Isonatremic dehydration accounted for 75% of all dehydration among the subjects, while E. coli caused 28.3% of cases, E. histolytica 21.6%, and Giardia lamblia 16%. The presence of polymorph nuclear leucocytes in the stool was a predictive test for the bacterial etiology of diarrhea with a positive predictive value of 87%. Finally, the band/neutrophil ratio of the bacterial group was significantly different from that of the control group, although no statistically significant difference was identified when comparing the parasitic diarrheal group to the control group.