Diarrhea in neonatal intensive care unit

Table 1 Etiology of diarrhea in the study population

	Acute	Chronic	Overall
Number of patients	36	3	39
Unknown etiology	10	-	10
Cow’s milk allergy	8	-	8
Infections	7	-	7
Rotavirus	4	-
Salmonella paratyphi	1	-
Shigella flexneri	1	-
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli	1	-
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea	5	-	5
Neonatal withdrawal syndrome	2	-	2
Congenital diarrheal disorders	-	2	2
Glucose-galactose malabsorption	-	1	1
Congenital chloride diarrhea	-	1	1
Parenteral diarrhea
Urinary tract infection	1	-	1
Hirschsprung’s disease	1	-	1
Cystic fibrosis	-	1	1
Immunodeficiency
Adenosine deaminase deficiency	1	-	1
Metabolic disorders
Urea cycle defect	1	-	1