Objectives. The aim of the study is to compare the clinical effectiveness of the probiotics-Saccharomyces boulardii and Bifidobacterium lactis-in children who had been diagnosed with rotavirus gastroenteritis. Materials and methods. Seventy five patients aged between 5 months-5 years diagnosed as rotavirus gastroenteritis were included in the study. The patients diagnosed as rotavirus gastroent...

In the winter of 2014-2015, a novel norovirus (NoV) strain (GII.17) was reported to be the major cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks in East Asia. To determine the time course of gastroenteritis infections associated with the GII.17 strain and whether GII.17 was the main epidemic strain in diarrheal patients in Shanghai, 2169 stool samples were collected and tested. The detection rate of NoV GI ...

materials and methods in this descriptive study, 2988 stool samples of patients with acute gastroenteritis were collected from children’s hospitals of 5 main cities of iran. the samples were sent in frozen condition to pediatric infection research center in tehran and stored at -70°c. elisa test was performed for detection of rotavirus antigens. the mean age of study population was 1 to 5 years...

aim : the aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and genotype of human caliciviruses among children suffering from acute gastroenteritis referred to masih daneshvari hospital. background : human caliciviruses have been recognized as the major viral cause of acute gastroenteritis in all age groups worldwide. studies revealed that the noroviruses and sapoviruses could be divided into fi...

Background: According to evidence, the main treatment plans for children with gastroenteritis include the use of an oral solution or intravenous infusion for hydration, continued nutrition; zinc supplementation. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Gastro-Fix (registered nutritional supplement) versus placebo on length of hospitalization and duration of diarrhea in chil...

BACKGROUND Intestinal fatty acid binding proteins (I-FABPs) are mainly expressed in the intestinal villi, which are the initial site of destruction in viral gastroenteritis. AIM This study was designed to assess serum I-FABPs as a predictor of gut wall integrity loss in viral gastroenteritis. PATIENTS AND METHODS This case-control cross-sectional study was conducted on 93 cases of acute vir...

In most cases, gastroenteritis caused by human group C rotaviruS (CHRV) is sporadic. However, beginning with an outbreak in Fukuil Prefecture in 1988 ( I ), several mass outbreaks of CHRV gastroenteritis have been reported in Japan (2-6). Asshown in Table I, outbreak at schools has been frequent in April and May. This report briefly summarizes a similar outbreak in a primary school in Okayama P...

The novel GII.P17-GII.17 norovirus genotype has been reported as cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks in China and Japan since the winter season 2014/15, replacing the pandemic strain GII.4 Sydney 2012. These emergent strains have also been sporadically reported on other continents than Asia. GII.P17-GII.17 isolates, similar to Kawasaki308 2015, were identified in three patients during a large ou...

Introduction. Celiac crisis is a rare and life-threatening complication of celiac disease. Although it occurs in all ages, the most common affects children within first two years. Outline cases. We report three infants (two female, one male, age range 9?12) with crises as an initial presentation disease precipitated rotavirus gastroenteritis. was preceded by failure to thrive caused anorexia, o...