Research Article
The Effects of Maturation on the Colonic Microflora in Infancy and
Childhood
Table 1
Major diagnoses in children that initiated the stool analysis.
| | Organ classes | Main diagnoses | Children |
| | Gastrointestinal | Unspecified | 1862 | | Irritable Bowel Syndrome | 1188 | | Crohn’s disease | 27 | | Ulcerative colitis | 64 | | Diarrhea | 771 | | Constipation | 296 | | Candida | 1061 | | Food Intolerance | 238 |
| | Respiratory | Unspecified | 663 | | Bronchitis | 294 | | Sinusitis | — | | Asthma | 103 |
| | Urogenital | Unspecified | 27 | | Cystitis | — | | Genital mycosis | — |
| | Dermatologic | Unspecified | 40 | | Dermatitis | 256 | | Psoriasis | 28 | | Acne | — |
| | Allergic | Allergy, unspecified | 229 | | Neurodermititis | 2184 | | Recurrent urticaria | — | | Pollinosis | — | | Allergic asthma | 230 | | Food allergies | 209 | | Respiratory allergies | 106 |
| | Rheumatologic | Arthritis | — |
| | Others | Infection defence weakness | 402 | | Autoimmune diseases | — | | Malignom | — |
| | Missing | | 421 |
| | Total | | 10699 | | (85%)* |
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*The remaining to the total of 12.484 are cases with unknown diagnoses.
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