Introduction: One in nine child deaths worldwide are attributable to diarrheal infections, making diarrhea the second largest cause of death among kids younger than age 5 years. The Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have highest mortality due diseases. Natural substances mineral, animal, or plant origins long been used medicines, cosmetics, food goods. Bixa orellana is a Brazil-native that also...

The incidence of diarrhoeal disease are very high in our population and bacterial etiology amounts to 43.55% of all cases. Pathogen such as Aeromonas hydrophila, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Yersinia enterocolitica and Campylobacter are also present in significant numbers, they make up 50% of bacterial causes. All enteric pathogens can be easily isolated on commonly used media and could be precise...

Night markets are a unique part of Taiwanese culture and are ideal places to visit to taste local delicacies. “Visiting night markets” not only has become a habit for local residents, but also a particular favorite for non-local tourists. Street food vending in the night markets has been increasing for several years but this growth presents public health challenges, with evidence of diarrheal d...

G l o b a l I m p o r t a n c e o f H e a l t h C o n d i t i o n To d a y : Diarrheal disease is estimated to cause 2 million deaths in the developing world each year; the vast majority of those are among children younger than 2 years. Currently, 1 out of every 200 children who contract diarrhea will die of its consequences, including particularly dehydration. Almost all of these deaths could ...

Transmission is by the fecal-oral route. Pili (fimbriae) allow the bacteria to colonize the ileal mucosa. Cytotonic enterotoxins (encoded on plasmid or bacteriophage DNA) induce watery diarrhea. Plasmid-encoded invasion factors permit invasion of the mucosa, and plasmidor bacteriophage-encoded cytotoxic enterotoxins induce tissue damage; the presence of either of these factors induces a host in...

The present study was carried out to evaluate both the ethanol and water extracts of entire plant Euphorbia hirta (Family: Euphorbiaceae) for its anti-diarrheal potential against some of the experimental model of diarrhea in rats. The plant showed significant inhibitatory activity against castor-oil-induced diarrhea and PGE2 induced enteropooling in rats. Both the extracts of the plant also sho...

Gastrointestinal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in developing countries. The use of probiotics to prevent and treat a variety of diarrheal diseases has gained favor in recent years. Examples where probiotics have positively impacted gastroenteritis will be highlighted. However, the overall efficacy of these treatments and the mechanisms by which ...