The antimicrobial susceptibility and mechanisms of resistance of 109 Shigella and 40 Salmonella isolates from children with diarrhea in southern Mozambique were assessed. The susceptibility to seven antimicrobial agents was tested by disk diffusion, and mechanisms of resistance were searched by PCR or co...
Rectal swabs were collected from 1354 children <5 years of age with diarrhea attending Manhiça District Hospital and from 227 healthy community controls. Shigellosis incidence was high among children aged 12-47 months (488.4/10(5) child-years at risk). Fever and dysentery were prominent clinical finding...
Realizou-se na cidade da Beira, um inquérito de cobertura do PAV/SMI/ CDD. De 13 a 17 de Abril, em que foi utilizada a metodologia da OMS com aglomerados. Para o PAV, entraram na amostra 22º crianças de 13 a 22 meses, enquanto para CDD, foram 353 crianças de 6 a 35 meses.
Encontraram-se 83%de crianç...
Norovirus (NoV) is the second most important cause of viral diarrheal disease in children worldwide after rotavirus and is estimated to be responsible for 17% of acute diarrhea in low-income countries. This study aimed to identify and report NoV genotypes in Mozambican children under the age of five year...
