[Etiologic role of klebsiella in children with acute intestinal diseases]. / Ob étiologicheskoi roli klebsiell pri ostrykh kishechnykh zabolevaniiakh u detei

ABSTRACT

A study was made of possible etiological association between klebsiellae and acute enteric diseases in children of creches age. The mean frequency of isolation of klebsiellae from these children constituted 22.3%, and from somatic patients - 38.5%. Both in the patients with enteric diseases and in somatic patients with intestinal disturbances the appearance of klebsiellae was preceded by oher diseases or by prolonged treatment with antibiotics leading to reduction of general resistance of the organism. Clinical manifestations were unitypical in the patients of both categories. In healthy children the incidence of klebsiellae was less (4.7%) and without any clinical manifestations. I is suggested that there is an etiological association between klebsiellae and acute enteric diseases under definite conditons.