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Volume 6
Journal of Infectious Diseases and Therapy
ISSN: 2332-0877
Infection Congress 2018
March 01-02, 2018
March 01-02, 2018 Berlin, Germany
5
th
International Congress on
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Burden of acute gastrointestinal infections in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
René Dembele
University Ouaga
1
, Burkina Faso
G
astrointestinal infections are one of the major health problems in developing countries. The present study aims to estimate
the prevalence of gastrointestinal infections in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. A door-to-door survey of
selected residents in Ouagadougou city was conducted. Of the Ouagadougou’s 30 districts, nine most populated ones were
selected to the study. The residents of these districts have middle incomes as those of the secondary site of Burkina Faso. The
overall prevalence of gastrointestinal infections in the 30 days prior to the interview was 77/491 (15.7%): among children
44/223 (19.7%) and among adults 33/268 (12.3%). Diarrhea and abdominal pain were the most common symptoms among 33
adult cases while diarrhea and vomiting were the most common among children. None of the cases were hospitalized and a
stool sample was taken in three of 77 cases. Medication for gastrointestinal infections was received by 55% of adults and 77%
of children. Our results shown that antibiotics with and without prescription were the most common medicine used. Washing
hands before meals and boiling milk before drinking had a protective effect against gastrointestinal infections
.
simavedemb@gmail.comJ Infect Dis Ther 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877-C1-039