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Query: UMLS:C0021933 (intussusception)
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There were 102 cases of intestinal perforation seen in children at the Department of Paediatric Surgery at S.S. Hospital, Varanasi during a 3 year period. Enteric (typhoid) perforation (29%), intussusception (15%) Ascaris lumbricoides infestation (9%) and appendicitis (9%), which are rarities in the reported literature, were the major causes of intestinal perforation. Radiological evidence of pneumoperitoneum was seen in 88% of patients. The majority of cases in this study were older than 5 years of age (48%). Peritoneal fluid culture revealed Escherichia coli and Klebsiella to be the most common aerobic micro-organisms, while Bacteroides fragilis, Clostridia and Peptostreptococcus were the most frequent anaerobes. The overall mortality rate was high (19%).
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PMID:Intestinal perforation in children. 273 89