Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/5715
Title: Surveillance Study of Acute Gastroenteritis Etiologies in Hospitalized Children in South Lebanon (SAGE study)
Authors: Ghssein, Ghassan
Salami, Ali
Salloum, Lamis
Chedid, Pia
Joumaa, Wissam H
Fakih, Hadi
Affiliations: Faculty of Health Sciences 
Keywords: Amebiasis
Diarrhea
Gastroenteritis
Lebanon
Rotavirus
Issue Date: 2018
Publisher: National Library of Medicine
Part of: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Volume: 21
Issue: 3
Start page: 176
End page: 183
Abstract: 
Purpose
Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a major cause of morbidity and remains a major cause of hospitalization. Following the Syrian refugee crisis and insufficient clean water in the region, this study reviews the etiological and epidemiological data in Lebanon.

Methods
We prospectively analyzed demographic, clinical and routine laboratory data of 198 children from the age of 1 month to 10 years old who were admitted with the diagnosis of AGE to a private tertiary care hospital located in the district of Nabatieh in south Lebanon.

Results
Males had a higher incidence of AGE (57.1%). Pathogens were detected in 57.6% (n=114) of admitted patients, among them single pathogens were found in 51.0% (n=101) of cases that consisted of: Entamoeba histolytica 26.3% (n=52), rotavirus 18.7% (n=37), adenovirus 6.1% (n=12) and mixed co-pathogens found in 6.6% (n=13). Breast-fed children were significantly less prone to rotavirus (p=0.041). Moreover, children who had received the rotavirus vaccine were significantly less prone to rotavirus (p=0.032).

Conclusion
Our findings highlight the high prevalence of E. histolytica infection as the major cause of pediatric gastroenteritis in hospitalized children, during the summer period likely reflecting the insanitary water supplies and lack of hygiene. Moreover the 42.4% of unidentified causative pathogens should prompt us to widen our diagnostic laboratory arsenal by adopting new diagnostic technologies.
URI: https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/5715
ISSN: 2234-8646
DOI: 10.5223/pghn.2018.21.3.176
Open URL: Link to full text
Type: Journal Article
Appears in Collections:Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences

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