Diarrheal disease is one of the main causes of death in developing countries. This study was performed to the prevalence of bacterial causes of diarrhea in patients admitted to the Military hospitals and Imam Khomeini Medical Center Hospital. This cross-sectional study was conducted in a period of 9 months from June 2014 to February 2015, 435 non-duplicative diarrheal stool samples were collect...

Intestinal parasites are the causative agents of number important human infections in developing countries. The present study was aimed to determine prevalence protozoan and helminthes diarrheal patients at Wasit province during period from July, 2022 September, 2022. A total 120 stool samples both gender different age suffering diarrheal, abdominal pain fever. All were examined microscopically...

Background: Despite dramatic declines in deaths due to diarrheal disease among infants and children in developing countries, diarrhea remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Even though Rota vaccine is not available to decrease morbidity and mortality due to diarrheal disease, Ethiopian government endorsed health extension program at 2004 and through it, the country was increasi...

BACKGROUND To take advantage of emerging opportunities to reduce morbidity and mortality from diarrheal disease, we need to better understand the determinants of life-threatening severe dehydration (SD) in resource-poor settings. METHODOLOGY/FINDINGS We analyzed records of patients admitted with acute diarrheal disease over twenty-two years at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease R...

Bacillus cereus is a foodborne pathogen causing emetic and diarrheal-type syndromes. Here, we report the whole-genome sequences of 11 B. cereus food isolates.

BACKGROUND Acute respiratory infections and diarrhea remain the leading causes of infant morbidity and mortality, with a high burden of both pneumonia and diarrhea in South-East Asia. The aim of the study was to determine antenatal and early infant predictive factors for severe morbidity episodes during the first 6 months of life in Ha Nam province, Vietnam. METHODS A prospective cohort study...

OBJECTIVES  We examined the association between Helicobacter pylori infection and the incidence of diarrheal diseases. METHODS  In a nested case-control study participants were sampled from cohorts of male Israeli soldiers aged 18-21 years, serving in field units and followed up for diarrheal diseases. Case patients (n = 177) were subjects who visited the base clinic because diarrhea and were...

BACKGROUND The efficacy of micronutrient supplementation in improving childhood health and survival in developing countries may be specific to the micronutrient used and health outcome measured. OBJECTIVE We evaluated the effect of vitamin A and zinc supplementation on overall rates of childhood diarrheal disease and respiratory tract infections and rates stratified by household and personal ...

Objective: The present study was undertaken to evaluate the possible analgesic, neuropharmacological, anti-diarrheal, and cytotoxic activities of the ethanol extract of leaves of Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam. (Family: Solanaceae). Materials and Methods: The analgesic activity was measured by acetic acid-induced writhing inhibition test. The neuropharmacological activities were evaluated using ho...