Background: Zinc deficiency is prevalent in children in developing countries. Supplemental zinc provides therapeutic benefits in diarrhea. Objective: We sought to measure the effect of supplemental zinc given with oral rehydration therapy during recovery from acute or persistent diarrhea. Design: We conducted pooled analyses including all available published and unpublished randomized controlle...

Background: Zinc deficiency is prevalent in children in developing countries. Supplemental zinc provides therapeutic benefits in diarrhea. Objective: We sought to measure the effect of supplemental zinc given with oral rehydration therapy during recovery from acute or persistent diarrhea. Design: We conducted pooled analyses including all available published and unpublished randomized controlle...

background: to assess the therapeutic effects of oral zinc supplementation on acute watery diarrhea of children with moderate dehydration. methods: all 9-month to 5-year-old children who were admitted with acute watery diarrhea and moderate dehydration to the children ward of motahari hospital, urmia, iran in 2008 were recruited. after the application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria, th...

BACKGROUND The 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic has received a great deal of attention from public health authorities. Our study examines whether this pandemic and the resulting public health measures could have impacted acute diarrhea, a prevalent, highly transmissible and historically monitored disease. METHODS Using augmentation procedures of national data for the previous five years (2004-2...

BACKGROUND There are multiple etiologies responsible for infectious gastroenteritis causing acute diarrhea which are often under diagnosed. Also acute diarrhea is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality among children less than 5 years of age. METHODS In our study, fecal samples (n = 130) were collected from children (<5 years) presenting with symptoms of acute diarrhea. Samples we...

To determine the role of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in acute and persistent diarrhea in returned travelers, a case control study was performed. Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) was detected in stool samples from 18 (10.7%) of 169 patients and 4 (3.7%) of 108 controls. Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAggEC) was detected in 16 (9.5%) patients and 7 (6.5%) controls. Diffuse adherent E. coli strains ...

Abstract Acute diarrhea is that lasts less than 14 days. Regarding its severity, acute classified as mild, moderate or severe. Mild when signs of dehydration are not observed, there mild and rehydration can be done orally severely it results in more intense with without electrolyte disturbances, requires intravenous therapy. Diarrhea disease the Inpatient Installation Bandar Lampung Adventist H...

OBJECTIVE To provide recent guidelines to reduce the incidence of diarrheal diseases. We discuss the definition, clinical aspects, pathophysiology, diagnosis, management, and prevention of persistent diarrhea. SOURCES Electronic search of the MEDLINE database, Google search. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS Acute diarrhea may be caused by a variety of agents, including bacterial, viral, and protozoa...

Acute diarrhea leads to a substantial disease burden among the elderly worldwide. However, in the context of increasingly aging trend in China, the prevalence of etiological agents among elderly diarrheal patients was undetermined. This study aimed to explore the major enteropathogens of acute diarrhea among outpatients older than 65 years in China, and also the epidemiological features of the ...