Clinical and nutritional correlates of bacterial diarrhoea aetiology in young children : a secondary cross-sectional analysis of the ABCD trial

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OBJECTIVE: The objective was to assess the association between nutritional and clinical characteristics and quantitative PCR (qPCR)-diagnosis of bacterial diarrhoea in a multicentre cohort of children under 2 years of age with moderate to severe diarrhoea (MSD).

DESIGN: A secondary cross-sectional analysis of baseline data collected from the AntiBiotics for Children with Diarrhoea trial (NCT03130114).

PATIENTS: Children with MSD (defined as >3 loose stools within 24 hours and presenting with at least one of the following: some/severe dehydration, moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) or severe stunting) enrolled in the ABCD trial and collected stool sample.

STUDY PERIOD: June 2017-July 2019.

INTERVENTIONS: None.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Likely bacterial aetiology of diarrhoea. Secondary outcomes included specific diarrhoea aetiology.

RESULTS: A total of 6692 children with MSD had qPCR results available and 28% had likely bacterial diarrhoea aetiology. Compared with children with severe stunting, children with MAM (adjusted OR (aOR) (95% CI) 1.56 (1.18 to 2.08)), some/severe dehydration (aOR (95% CI) 1.66 (1.25 to 2.22)) or both (aOR (95% CI) 2.21 (1.61 to 3.06)), had higher odds of having likely bacterial diarrhoea aetiology. Similar trends were noted for stable toxin-enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli aetiology. Clinical correlates including fever and prolonged duration of diarrhoea were not associated with likely bacterial aetiology; children with more than six stools in the previous 24 hours had higher odds of likely bacterial diarrhoea (aOR (95% CI) 1.20 (1.05 to 1.36)) compared with those with fewer stools.

CONCLUSION: The presence of MAM, dehydration or high stool frequency may be helpful in identifying children with MSD who might benefit from antibiotics.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

BMJ paediatrics open - 8(2024), 1 vom: 11. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Somji, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Ashorn, Per [VerfasserIn]
Manji, Karim [VerfasserIn]
Ahmed, Tahmeed [VerfasserIn]
Chisti, Md [VerfasserIn]
Dhingra, Usha [VerfasserIn]
Sazawal, Sunil [VerfasserIn]
Singa, Benson [VerfasserIn]
Walson, Judd L [VerfasserIn]
Pavlinac, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Bar-Zeev, Naor [VerfasserIn]
Houpt, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Dube, Queen [VerfasserIn]
Kotloff, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Sow, Samba [VerfasserIn]
Yousafzai, Mohammad Tahir [VerfasserIn]
Qamar, Farah [VerfasserIn]
Bahl, Rajiv [VerfasserIn]
De Costa, Ayesha [VerfasserIn]
Simon, Jonathon [VerfasserIn]
Sudfeld, Christopher R [VerfasserIn]
Duggan, Christopher P [VerfasserIn]
ABCD Study Group [VerfasserIn]
Rahman, Muhammad Waliur [Sonstige Person]
Parvin, Irin [Sonstige Person]
Kabir, Md Farhad [Sonstige Person]
Dhingra, Pratibha [Sonstige Person]
Dutta, Arup [Sonstige Person]
Sharma, Anil Kumar [Sonstige Person]
Jaiswal, Vijay Kumar [Sonstige Person]
Nyabinda, Churchil [Sonstige Person]
McGrath, Christine [Sonstige Person]
Deichsel, Emily L [Sonstige Person]
Anyango, Maurine [Sonstige Person]
Kariuki, Kevin Mwangi [Sonstige Person]
Rwigi, Doreen [Sonstige Person]
Tornberg-Belanger, Stephanie N [Sonstige Person]
Haidara, Fadima Cheick [Sonstige Person]
Coulibaly, Flanon [Sonstige Person]
Permala-Booth, Jasnehta [Sonstige Person]
Malle, Dramane [Sonstige Person]
Cunliffe, Nigel [Sonstige Person]
Ndeketa, Latif [Sonstige Person]
Witte, Desiree [Sonstige Person]
Ndamala, Chifundo [Sonstige Person]
Qureshi, Shahida [Sonstige Person]
Shakoor, Sadia [Sonstige Person]
Thobani, Rozina [Sonstige Person]
Mohammed, Jan [Sonstige Person]
Kisenge, Rodrick [Sonstige Person]
Bakari, Mohamed [Sonstige Person]
Msemwa, Cecylia [Sonstige Person]
Samma, Abraham [Sonstige Person]
Platts-Mills, James [Sonstige Person]
Liu, Jie [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Epidemiology
Infant
Journal Article

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Date Completed 15.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03130114

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002448

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM37094089X