Dhingra U, Kisenge R, Sudfeld CR, P, Somji S, Dutta A, et al. Lower-Dose Zinc for Childhood Diarrhea - A Randomized, Multicenter Trial. N Engl J Med 2020;383:1231-41. Among children with diarrhea, what is the clinical efficacy of lower-dose zinc, compared to standard-dose in decreasing diarrhea and emesis – latter associated zinc? Non-inferior, randomized, controlled, double-blind study. India ...

Prebiotic: A nondigestible food ingredient that benefits the host by selectively stimulating the favorable growth and/ or activity of 1 or more indigenous prebiotic bacteria. Prebiotics can modify the intestinal flora and interact with the immune system of the host against specific pathogens. However clinical trials are currently limited and a beneficial effect of prebiotic in treatment acute d...

Introduction: Diarrhea is a common illness among travelers to developing countries. Located in a tropical region, Bali has a potentially high prevalence of travelers diarrhea. This hospital-based cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the clinical and microbiological profiles of diarrhea among travelers admitted to Kasih Ibu hospital, Denpasar-Bali. Metho...

musa sapientum (m.sapientum) commonly known as ‘banana’ is widely used in bangladeshi folk medicine for the treatment of various ailments including diarrhea. hence, the present study was designed to investigate antidiarrheal, antioxidant and antibacterial potential of the methanolic extract of m.sapientum seed (mmss). the extract was studied for antidiarrheal property using castor oil and magne...

coccidian protozoa of cyclospora cayetanensis are obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasites that infect the mucosal epithelium of the small intestine of immunocompetent and immunocompromised persons. a 25- years old woman from around, tehran with complaint of faintness and fatigue with hiv positive/aids confirmed eight months ago was admitted in imam khomeini hospital, tehran, iran in 2014....

conclusions although strongyloidiasis is not endemic in usa, immigration obscured the geographical barrier of endemicity. the diagnosis can be difficult because of nonspecific symptoms and lack of sensitivity of microscopic diagnosis. although eosinophilia is a common finding in patients with chronic strongyloidiasis, it is unreliable indicator of active infection, especially in immunosuppresse...

background: introduction: enterotoxigenic escherichia coli (etec) is the most important bacterial cause of watery  travelers' diarrhea  in  developing countries. watery diarrhea is can cause serious life-threatening dehydration. etec was caused diarrhea by the secretion of two heat-labile enterotoxins (lts) and the heat-stable enterotoxins (sts) which increase intestinal secretion. routine labo...

the purpose of this study was to evaluate the changes in the serum concentrations of haptoglobin (hp), serum amyloid a (saa) and igg, iga in calves with diarrhea caused by rotavirus, coronavirus, escherichia coli f5 and eimeria species. the experiment was carried out on 40 diarrhoeic and 10 non-diarrhoeic calves (group c). a total of 13 calves were infected with rotavirus or coronavirus (group ...

interpretation ondansetron can be considered as an effective agent to decrease the hospitalization rate in infants and children with diarrhea as well as vomiting. injective forms of ondansetron seem to be more achieved than oral forms. results of the 100 individuals who received ondansetron (n = 91) 91% did not need to be hospitalized and 9 patients needed to be admitted in the next 72 hours, w...