Are cyclospora an important cause of diarrhoea in Bangladesh?
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Cap polyposis--an unusual cause of diarrhoea.
'Cap polyposis' is a poorly recognised condition with distinct clinical, sigmoidoscopic, and pathological features that may be confused with other inflammatory conditions of the large intestine including pseudomembranous colitis and idiopathic chronic inflammatory bowel disease. The pathogenesis is unknown but on the basis of the characteristic histological appearances, which are similar to tho...
متن کاملCarcinoid syndrome: an unusual cause of diarrhoea.
A 9 year old girl underwent laparotomy because of intermittent diarrhoea, present since infancy. Histology of a mass at the head of pancreas and multiple hepatic nodules suggested an apudoma. Plasma serotonin and urinary excretion of 5 hydroxy indole acetic acid were raised. The child is asymptomatic four years after diagnosis.
متن کاملAcute diarrhoea in expatriates in Bangladesh.
Acute diarrhoea in expatriates in Bangladesh SIR,-The study by Van Loon et al (Gut 1989; 30: 492-5) illustrates an important aspect of management of adult acute diarrhoea in expatriates in Bangladesh. We have completed a larger study of loperamide and dioralyte in the treatment of acute adult diarrhoea in servicemen in shore bases and ships visiting foreign ports. Criteria for diarrhoea were tw...
متن کاملNutritional blindness and diarrhoea in Bangladesh.
Nutritional blindness due to vitamin A deficiency needlessly blinds 30000 preschool-age children in Bangladesh each year. The sight of over 100000 children is threatened by corneal lesions. These figures come from a national study by Helen Keller International (HKI), the Institute of Public Health and Nutrition (IPHN), and the Programme for the Prevention of Blindness. The International Centre ...
متن کاملCyclospora: an overview.
Popularization of the acid-fast stain in the early 1980s for detecting Cryptosporidium species in stool specimens set the stage for recognition of Cyclospora species. Between 1986 and 1993, there were nine reports linking diarrheal illness in more than 200 immunocompetent and immunocompromised children and adults to an unidentified, acid-fast organism resembling a "large Cryptosporidium" [2-10]...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.74.1.90