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Some studies suggest an association between intussusception and gastrointestinal infections, and case reports suggest an association between intussusception and various intestinal pathogens. Investigators used a military treatment facility database to retrospectively evaluate the risk for intussusception following bacterial enteritis in more than 387,000 children (age range, birth to 5 years) from 2002–2005. Diagnosis-related group codes were used to identify children who had intussusception and were infected with Salmonella, Shigella, Escherichia coli, Yersinia enterocolitica, and Campylobacter.
Researchers identified 293 cases of intussusception and 1412 cases of bacterial enteritis. Intussusception followed bacterial enteritis within 6 mo…