THE CLINICAL AND ETIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF ACUTE INTESTINAL INFECTIONS IN YOUNG CHILDREN OF KHABAROVSK
The article presents the decrypted etiological aspects of acute intestinal infections in children of Khabarovsk and the comparative characteristics of the clinical picture in 300 young children with bacterial, viral and mixed diarrhea. The study shows the prevalence of rotavirus etiology of the disease (64 %) in the form of mono - and mixed infections in children at early age. Among the bacterial agents various opportunistic pathogens were predominant, shigellosis was detected only in 1 % of cases. The symptoms of the upper gastrointestinal tract disorders were gastritis, gastro-enteritis and enteritis, as the main types used for a topical diagnosis. Key words: acute intestinal infections, children, etiology, clinical features.