Multiple etiologies of infectious diarrhea and concurrent infections in a pediatric outpatient-based screening study in Odisha, India

ConclusionSuspecting possible multiple infectious etiologies and diagnosis of the right causative agent(s) can aid in a better pharmacological management of acute childhood diarrhea. It is hypothesized that in cases with concurrent infections the etiological agents might be complementing each other ’s strategies of pathogenesis resulting in severe diarrhea that could be studied better in experimental infections.
Source: Gut Pathogens - Category: Microbiology Source Type: research