Pediatr. praxi. 2025;26(1):7-12 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2025.002

Indigestion of infectious origin in children

MUDr. Helena Ambrožová, Ph.D.
Infekční klinika 2. LF UK a FN Bulovka, Praha

Digestive problems in children are very often of infectious origin and manifest themselves mostly as diarrhea, less often as liver damage. In 2023, a total of 37 706 diarrheal diseases caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites were reported in the Czech Republic. The most common are campylobacteriosis, salmonellosis and viral intestinal infections, mainly rotaviruses and noroviruses. The article discusses the etiology, epidemiology, clinical picture, complications, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment of the most common intestinal infections in children.

Keywords: diarrhea, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, viral gastroenteritis, diagnosis, treatment.

Accepted: March 6, 2025; Published: March 19, 2025  Show citation

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Ambrožová H. Indigestion of infectious origin in children. Pediatr. praxi. 2025;26(1):7-12. doi: 10.36290/ped.2025.002.
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