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B D Bhatia

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PubMed1977

Microbial agents in stools of infants and young children with and without acute diarrhoeal disease.

A study on the microbial agents in the stools of 344 infants and young children (206 diarrhoeal and 138 nondiarrhoeal) was carried out. The diarrhoeal group comprised of 120 hospitalised cases and 86 from a community. The numbers of nondiarrhoeal subjects of matching age taken from the same hospital and community were 50 and 88 respectively. It was revealed that bacteria (50-9%), parasites (11-7%), and C. albicans (2-4%) accounted for 65 per cent of the diarrhoea cases, 6-8 per cent having mixed infections. The largest number of cases had EEC followed by P. aeruginosa, Shige-la, V. cholerae, and A, hydrophila and of the parasites G. intestinalis was followed by E. histolytica in order of frequency. Enteropathogenic bacteria and parasites were encountered in 13-0 per cent and 34.8 per cent of the nondiarrhoeal subjects respectively, 7-2 per cent having mixed infections. This group also had EEC as the commonest bacteria and A. lumbricoides was the most prevalent parasite. Except for V. cholerae, A. hydrophila and C. albicans no significant difference was observed in the microbial spectra amongst the diarrhoeal cases in the hospital or community. In the nondiarrhoeal subjects both groups showed a similar prevalence pattern. Incidence of bacterial pathogens was significantly higher in children below two years and intestinal parasites were three times more common in older children.

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Developmental assessment of intrauterine growth retarded babies of varying maternal etiology.

Head circumference was measured serially and developmental performance assessed at the age of 9 months in 41 full-term intrauterine growth retarded babies of varying maternal etiologies. 18 full term and 12 preterm babies who were appropriate for gestational age (AGA) served as controls. The IUGR babies of undernourished mothers had maximum retardation in head circumference. The IUGR babies of small sized mothers had head circumference equal to that of fullterm AGA babies. The IUGR babies of mothers with toxemia of pregnancy and idiopathic group also reached very close to that of fullterm AGA babies for head circumference demonstrating catch up growth. 19.5 per cent of IUGR (as homogenous group) babies were found to have delayed development compared to 16.7 per cent of preterm and 5.6 per cent of fullterm AGA babies. Amongst IUGR groups, babies of undernourished mothers were found to suffer most, followed by babies of mothers with toxemia of pregnancy. None of the babies in the idiopathic group and only one out of 12 in small maternal size group were found to have delayed development.

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Genital standards for south Indian male newborns.

One hundred and thirty-five male newborns in JIPMER hospital were studied. The penile length (stretched and unstretched), width as well as testicular length and breadth were measured. The influence of the gestational age and intrauterine growth on these measurements were studied. The mean stretched penile length for term babies was 3.57 cms (+/- 0.46), the unstretched length 3.26 cms (+/- 0.41), and the width was 1.04 cms (+/- 0.15). There was a linear increase in the above measurements with increasing gestational age. The right testicular length was 1.39 cms (+/- 0.28) and breadth was 0.98 cm (+/- 0.15) while the length and breadth for left testis were 1.32 cms (+/- 0.24) and 0.95 cm (+/- 0.14) respectively for term babies. The prepucial type was tubular in 103 (76.3%) babies and of ring type in 32 (23.7%). In 72 (53.3%) babies the prepuce could be retracted enough to visualise external urinary meatus.

Anthropometry↗