Prevalence of Neurological Complications Caused by Shigellosis in Children Hospitalized at Qom Children Hospital
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 9, Issue 9
Abstract
This descriptive cross-sectional study attempted to determine the prevalence of neurological complications caused by shigellosis at Qom Children Hospital.The study was conducted March 2010 to June 2012 on 1 month to 12-year old children with diarrhea hospitalized at Qom Children Hospital in whose stool culture Shigella was detected. Results were analyzed by using SPSS 13.Of 312 patients with shigellosis admitted to Qom Children Hospital within the March 2010 to June 2012, 55 (16.7%) had neurological complications, of whom 54 experienced seizures and one was diagnosed with acute encephalopathy caused by Shigellosis with Ekiri syndrome. The male and female prevalence ratios were identical, and nearly the same ratios were observed among the patients with respect to neurological complications.Results revealed that seizures were the most common neurological complication caused by shigellosis at Qom Children Hospital, and demanded serious attention in order to prevent the seizure-related complications.
Authors and Affiliations
Zahra movahedi| Assistance professor, Department Of pediatrics, pediatric Infectious Disease ward, Qom university of Medical science and Health Services, Qom, Iran, Pediatric Disease Research Center, Qom university of Medical science and Health Services, Qom, Iran, Parvaneh Sadeghi moghadam| Assistance professor, Department Of pediatrics, Neonatology ward, Qom university of Medical science and Health Services, Qom, Iran, Pediatric Disease Research Center, Qom university of Medical science and Health Services, Qom, Iran, Mohsen Akhavan sepahi| Associated professor, Department Of pediatrics, Nephrology ward, Qom university of Medical science and Health Services, Qom, Iran, Pediatric Disease Research Center, Qom university of Medical science and Health Services, Qom, Iran, Meisam akhlagh Doust| Minimally Invasive Techniques Research Center of Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran., Mohammad Reza Shokrollahi *| Associated professor, Head of Department Of pediatrics, pediatric Infectious Disease ward, Qom university of Medical science and Health Services, Qom, Iran, Pediatric Disease Research Center, Qom university of Medical science and Health Services, Qom, Iran, Hosein Heydari| Assistance professor, Department Of pediatrics, pediatric Infectious Disease ward, Qom university of Medical science and Health Services, Qom, Iran, Pediatric Disease Research Center, Qom university of Medical science and Health Services, Qom, Iran, Mohammad Hosein Arjmand Nia| Assistance professor, Department Of pediatrics, pediatric Cardiology ward, Qom university of Medical science and Health Services, Qom, Iran,Pediatric Disease Research Center, Qom university of Medical science and Health Services, Qom, Iran, Javad Shapoori| Assistance professor, Department Of pediatrics, pediatric Endocrinology ward, Qom university of Medical science and Health Services, Qom, Iran, Pediatric Disease Research Center, Qom university of Medical science and Health Services, Qom, Iran, Najmeh Sadat Boland Nazar| Medical Students Research Committee, Arak university of Medical Science, Markazi,Iran
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