OBJECTIVE Antibiotic-associated diarrhea constitutes 1 of the most frequent side effects of antimicrobial therapy with widely varying clinical presentations; however, little is known about its antibiotic-associated bloody diarrhea (AABD) form, particularly in very young children. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical, endoscopic, and histopathologic profiles of community-acquired A...

Noroviruses (NoVs) are increasingly being recognized as an important enteric pathogen of gastroenteritis worldwide. The prevalence of NoVs as a cause of diarrhea acquired by travelers in developing countries is not well known. We examined the prevalence and importance of NoV infection in three international traveler cohorts with diarrhea acquired in three developing regions of the world, Mexico...

BACKGROUND Diarrhea caused by viruses is a global problem among young children. We investigated two of the most important agents, rotavirus and adenovirus, to provide epidemiological evidence for a better understanding of their role among children with acute diarrhea. METHODS A total of 3147 hospitalized children were enrolled in the study during 2010 ~ 2014. Antigen testing for rotavirus and...

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS Clostridium difficile infection is the main cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea, and the clinical and endoscopic findings in those patients have been studied very little in Mexico. The aim of the present study was to describe those findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective cohort study was conducted that included patients with hospital-acquired diarrhea associated wi...

The first four months of our daughter’s life were very difficult. She cried constantly during the day, napped for only five to 10 minute durations, breastfed for two to five minutes at a time, hiccupped at least 50 times in one go three to four times a day, and made strange grunting noises in her sleep. When I sought help from healthcare professionals, they always began by asking if I was a fir...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and clinical features of Rota virus diarrhea in children presenting in a tertiary care hospital. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional, observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY National Institute of Child Health, Karachi, from January to June 2007. METHODOLOGY A total of three hundred children of either gender aged 1 month to 5 years, who presented wi...

Introduction Chronic diarrhea of infancy is a heterogeneous syndrome that includes several diseases with different etiologies. The aim of this study was investigating chronic diarrhea, its etiologies, clinical features and outcomes in infancy.Materials and Methods Retrospective study investigating infants hospitalized in the gastroenterology department of Tehran tertiary care center.The main de...