THE STUDY OF THE CAUSES¡¯ AND AGENTS¡¯ VARIATIONS FROM YEAR TO YEAR ON 2558 CASES OF PEDIATRIC NUTRITIONAL DYSTROPHY

Zhen Whei-bing, Chen Zhen -yong, Ho Quei-zhuen, et al.

Guangzhou Children's Hospital, Guangzhou, China

 

Object: To understand time shifting variation of causes and agents on children suffered from nutritional dystrophy (ND).

Method: 2558 cases suffered from ND have been reviewed, analyzed and summarized.

Result: It has been proved that following the time shifting; causes and agents, which cause ND, have been varied. The cases of pure type of ND due to nutritional deficiency have decreased from year to year, and the infectious agents, which influence the situation of nutrition, changed and cause ND have increased because of broad-spectrum antibiotics abuse, pollution of surrounding circumstances. The antibiotic resistance bacteria have increasing tendency and fungus infections have been on more a rare situation.

Conclusion: The causes and agents causing ND have been changed from year to year, and we have to take correlative measures to prevent and treat ND cases happened now days.

 

Key words: pediatric nutritional dystrophy, agents, fungus, and broad-spectrum antibiotics abuse

 
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