rotavirus is a common infection causing 450,000 deaths annually primarily in children 5 years and below. despite the high burden of disease, little is known about the epidemiology of rotavirus in libya. the aim of this study was to estimate the rotavirus disease burden among libyan children.a cross-sectional study was carried out prospectively among children 5 years old and below between august...

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...

Objectives: In Lakki Marwat, KPK, Pakistan's Category C hospital, probiotics were utilized to establish its efficiency in countering Antibiotic-Induced Diarrhea. Determine the following was aim of secondary At antibiotics have been found be a common cause diarrhea. Its prevalence is noticeable, sometimes sporadically. Probiotics' effectiveness when addressing Diarrhea caused by are under evalua...

background: diarrhea is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity during the early life period especially in developing countries. micronutrients deficiencies have been proposed either as a risk factor or a consequence of diarrhea. association studies highlight the relation of vitamins and minerals’ deficiencies with acute diarrhea. in this regard we aimed to evaluate the status of vitamins a ...

Diarrhea and malnutrition are common in young children in developing countries and a reciprocal relationship has been postulated with diarrhea leading to malnutrition and malnutrition predisposing to diarrhea. To investigate the importance of malnutrition as a determining factor in diarrheal illnesses, data were analyzed from a longitudinal community-based study done in rural Bangladesh. Childr...