Rotavirus and other enteropathogens in childhood acute diarrhoea: a study of two centres in Malaysia.

Aim: To study the role of rotavirus in children hospitalised for acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in two urban hospitals in Malaysia.

Methods: A 12-month prospective study (January to December 2002), in children younger than 14 years with AGE hospitalised to the paediatric units of University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur; and Hospital Sultanah Aminah (HSA), Johor Bahru, Malaysia was conducted.

Results: In 2002, 399 and 1307 children with AGE were admitted to UMMC and HSA, respectively.

Salmonellosis in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus: a report of seven cases from Malaysia.

Persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have an increased risk of salmonellosis when compared to the general population. We describe seven such patients with Salmonella bacteremia, of whom two had recurrent salmonellosis. In the latter two cases the infection was unusually severe, characterized by widespread infection, bacteremia and relapse, despite standard antimicrobial therapy.