Acute gastroenteritis is a very common disease. It causes significant mortality in developing countries and significant economic burden to developed countries. Viruses are responsible for approximately 70% of episodes of acute gastroenteritis in children and rotavirus is one of the best studied of these viruses. Oral rehydration therapy is as effective as intravenous therapy in treating mild to...

Jones, T. C. (Rockefeller University, New York, N. Y. 10021), A. G. Dean and G. W. Parker. Seasonal gastroenteritis and malabsorption at an American military base in the Philippines. II. Malabsorption following the acute illness. Am J Epidemiol 95: 128-139, 1972.—In two epidemics of gastroenteritis at Clark Air Base in the Philippines, intestinal malabsorption was documented during the acute il...

BACKGROUND The long-term health consequences of acute bacterial gastroenteritis remain uncertain. We studied the risk of hypertension and reduced kidney function after an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis due to contamination of a regional drinking water supply with Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter species. METHODS A total of 1958 adults with no known history of hypertension or kidn...

Acute gastroenteritis is one of the most common causes of emergency room visits. Although it is usually a self-limited infection, vomiting related to this illness can cause various degrees of dehydration, leading to intravenous insertion, electrolyte abnormalities and/or hospital admission. Ondansetron is a highly potent antiemetic drug that is effective in preventing chemotherapy-and radiation...

Aim: We aimed to investigate the relationship between age, gender, and season with respect frequency of rotavirus adenovirus antigens in stool specimens obtained from children one month 18 years age who were diagnosed acute gastroenteritis.
 Materials Methods: The records specimen analyses for 1960 patients diagnosis gastroenteritis at our hospital January 2017 August 2022 retrospectively ...

In Taiwan, acute gastroenteritis outbreaks caused by a new norovirus genotype GII.2 increased sharply toward the end of 2016. Unlike previous outbreaks, which often involved restaurants, GII.2 outbreaks mainly occurred in schools. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that these noroviruses are recombinant GII.P16-GII.2 strains.