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...

Acute gastroenteritis is an important health problem that it affects children and adults, especially the elderly. It is estimated that virus can account for 80% of totality of gastroenteritis. The true magnitude of these processes is difficult to consider since the more or less slight cases usually pass through the systems of notification and monitoring unnoticed. In Catalonia 261,222 cases of ...

Objective. To estimate the health and economic burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in hospital and outpatient settings in eight Latin American and Caribbean countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela). Methods. An economic model was constructed using epidemiological data from published articles, national health administration studies, and co...

aim : we aimed to investigate the prevalence of human bocavirus isolates among iranian patients suffering from acute gastroenteritis. background : human bocavirus is a new parvovirus that has been identified in association with gastroenteritis. limited data are available about hbov in iran. patients and methods : viral dna was extracted from all 294 stool samples. hbov dna was detected in extra...

BACKGROUND Despite its high incidence among children under the age of five, little is known about the burden of pediatric gastroenteritis outside the medical setting. The objective of this study was to describe the burden of acute gastroenteritis among children residing in the United Arab Emirates, including those not receiving medical care. METHODS A quantitative cross-sectional survey of 50...

background and objectives: shigella plays an important role as a causative organism of acute gastroenteritis, in children and others. rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance warrants continuous monitoring of susceptibility pattern of bacterial isolates. we report here our findings about shigella spp. isolates and their drug resistance patterns in nepalese patients. materials and methods: the s...

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...

introduction: in iran, invasive nontyphoidal salmonella (ints) disease causes severe bacteremic illness among children <5 years old. the global yearly incidence of ints disease in children was reported to be in the 3.4 (range  2.1-6.5) million cases,  (overall incidence 49 cases (range 30-94) per 100,000 population), the ints case-fatality ratio (cfr) of 20% yielded 681,316  deaths annually. me...

Human noroviruses (HuNoVs) are a leading cause of gastroenteritis resulting in up to 200,000 deaths each year. The receptor and cell tropism HuNoV immunocompetent humans unclear.

BACKGROUND The long-term health consequences of acute bacterial gastroenteritis remain uncertain. We studied the risk of hypertension and reduced kidney function after an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis due to contamination of a regional drinking water supply with Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter species. METHODS A total of 1958 adults with no known history of hypertension or kidn...