The epidemiology of 690 Vibrio infections reported in Florida during 1981-1993 is described. Most infections resulted in one of three clinical syndromes: gastroenteritis (51%), wound infections (24%), or primary septicemia (17%). Case-fatality rates were 1% for gastroenteritis, 5% for wound infections, and 44% for primary septicemia. While gastroenteritis had little seasonal variation, 91% of p...

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of Rotavirus, Adenovirus, Norovirus, and Astrovirus among Saudi children with gastroenteritis. Methodology: This study was conducted at the Department of Medical Laboratories, Qassim University during the winter seasons of the years 2004 and 2005. A total of 284 diarrhoeal fecal specimens collected from children were tested for the gastroenteritis causin...

background: the aim of the study was to determine the incidence of non-bacterial acute gastroenteritis associated with diar­rheal diseases in mazandaran province, northern iran. methods: a total of 400 symptomatic cases from patients with acute gastroenteritis from mazandaran province in iran were screened using eia method for the presence of rotavirus, adenovirus and astrovirus during 2005-200...

AIM Rotavirus is recognized as the main cause of acute gastroenteritis in children under 5 years old, representing a considerable public health problem with a great impact on social and public health costs in developed countries. This study aims to assess the frequency and the epidemiological aspect of the hospitalization associated with Rotavirus-gastroenteritis in Lombardy, Northern Italy, fr...

An outbreak of acute non-bacterial gastroenteritis is reported, during which a ward had to be closed, and stool samples from 15 patients showed a virus structurally similar to the Norwalk agent.

A method is described for examining viruses in faeces by direct electron microscopy using negative staining. The particles found in a group of patients with gastroenteritis and a group with other conditions are compared. Small particles in the range of sizes covering parvoviruses and enteroviruses were found about as frequently in each group. Many of these were probably bacteriophages. Many bac...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical manifestations and outcomes of hospitalized children with afebrile seizures following rotavirus gastroenteritis. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study enrolling patients under 18 years old who were admitted to our hospital during a 10-year period with the diagnosis of rotavirus gastroenteritis. We identified and further an...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the incidence and risk factors for gastroenteritis-related hospitalisations in older adults. DESIGN Longitudinal cohort study. PARTICIPANTS The 45 and Up Study is a large-scale Australian prospective study of adults aged ≥ 45 years (mean 62.7 years) at recruitment in 2006-2009. Self-reported demographic, health and dietary information at recruitment from 265,440 parti...

conclusions the highest frequency of fc was seen in younger than 20-month-old children. except for the lower incidence of positive history of prematurity and higher prevalence of gastroenteritis, results of the present study are relatively similar to other studies. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, the patients with diagnosis of febrile seizure were the target population. we o...

BACKGROUND Both psychological and physiological disturbances have been implicated in the aetiopathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). AIMS To investigate how the psychological factors act, and the involvement of infective and physiological factors. METHODS Consecutive patients hospitalised for gastroenteritis reported life events for the previous 12 months, and past illness experien...