During investigation into opisthorchiasis and other food-borne helminthiases carried out in Laos, inhabitants of the village of Ban Nanin in central Laos were coprologically examined. Results of this examination have already been published by some of us (Pholsena et aI, 1991). The authors designated all small fluke eggs found in stool samples as Opisthorchis viverrini. However, the subsequent e...

background: intestinal parasites of humans are important health problems of most communities, especially those situated in tropical and subtropical areas. this study was carried out in rural population of mazandaran province, northern iran, during 2004-2005, with the purpose of achieving a better understanding of the distribution of intestinal protozoan parasites in this province. methods: a to...

Objective(s): Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion is a major problem, which may lead to multiorgan failure and death. The aim of this study was to evaluate the protective effects of dexmedetomidine on cell proliferation, antioxidant system, cell death, and structural integrity in intestinal injury induced by ischemia-reperfusion in rats. Materials and Methods: Animals were randomized into three gro...

SUMMARY From April L 989 to March 1989 !here were 13 patients with small intestinal volvulus 23%, or all palients operated for small intestinal obstruction.All were male, age between 6 to 75, without any history of abdominal operation. Mortality was 38, 5% and morbidity included, intraabdominal abscesses, recurrent obstruction and wound infection were observed. Being the 3rd cause of intestin...

background: small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (sibo) may have a role in the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome (ibs). so, the aim of this study was to assess the association between sibo and ibs by using glucose breath test (gbt) in kerman city as the first study in iranian population. method: 107 patients with ibs and 107 healthy individualswere enrolled in our study. all the part...

the present study investigates the effects of different routes of inulin administration as prebiotic on gut microbiota and survival rate of indian white shrimp post-larvae. four hundred and fifty indian white shrimp post-larvae (pl1) were stocked in nine tanks. the tanks were assigned into three treatments: feeding with inulin-treated (110 mg l-1) artemia nauplii (i-t), feeding with inulin-enri...

intestinal amebiasis has a worldwide distribution and is common in tropical and subtropical areas. [n this prospective 7-month study, we studied the main clinical findings in patients with acute amebic proctocolitis and the efficacy of saccharomyces boulardii (sb) treatment of these patients.initially, 57 cases with acute amebic proctocolitis were selected. the maximum occurrence of infection w...

background: mesocolic hernias are extremely rare. their exact incidence is still unknown. the clinical features are nonspecific and range from bilious vomiting and chronic abdominal pain exacerbated by meals, to asymptomatic presentations incidentally discovered during surgery. preoperative diagnosis still is difficult in spite of imaging techniques currently available. case report: in this stu...