Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector9984310.17816/kazmj99843Research ArticleClinical and laboratory characteristics of lethal dysentery of Flexner's dysentery I b in childrenKharchenkoG. A.info@eco-vector.comLunacharsky Astrakhan Medical InstituteRegional Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases150619897031721753001202230012022Copyright © 1989, Eco-Vector1989<p>We studied the clinic of dysentery Flexner's disease I b in 30 children under one year of age with severe forms of the disease and in 10 patients of the same age with a lethal outcome. The diagnosis in all cases was confirmed by bacteriological examination data. Artificial feeding accounted for 25% of 40 observed patients, 15% of them had hypotrophy, 12.5% - exudative diathesis, 15% - previous history of intestinal infection.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив