shigellosis is an important public health problem, especially in developing countries. antibiotic treatment of bacterial dysentery, aimed at resolving diarrhea or reducing its duration is especially indicated whenever malnutrition is present. first-line drugs include ampicillin and trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole(tmp-smx); however multidrug-resistance has occurred and careful antibiotic selection...

Background: Cow milk allergy is one of the most common food allergies in young children causing a wide range of clinical syndromes due to immunologic responses to cow milk proteins. In this report we introduce an infant with dietary protein proctitis due to a cow’s milk referred with hematuria and bloody stool. Case Presentation: Our case was a 10- month old m...

Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections have been associated with bloody diarrhea. The prevalence of enteropathogens among patients with bloody diarrhea was determined by a prospective study at 11 US emergency departments. Eligible patients had bloody stools, > or =3 loose stool samples per 24-h period, and an illness lasting <7 days. Among 873 patient...

The Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors has recommended that clinical laboratories screen at least all bloody stools for Escherichia coli O157:H7. We contacted the microbiology supervisors of 230 randomly selected clinical laboratories in the United States and administered a standardized questionnaire regarding stool culture practices. Of the 129 laboratories...

E.coli O157 is one of the important causes of bloody diarrhea which can be self-limiting or may complicate into Haemolytic Ureaemic Syndrome (HUS). We are reporting a case of Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (E.coli O157) in a thirty year old male who presented to the surgical OPD of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), Kathmandu, Nepal with the complaint of bloody diarrhea and abd...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is an important zoonotic foodborne pathogen, capable of causing haemorrhagic colitis (HC) and haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). As data from India on human infections caused by STEC are limited, this study was carried out for hospital based surveillance for STEC as a causative agent of diarrhoea, bloody diarrhoea and HUS at a...

Seven of the nine people present at the barbeque developed diarrhea with abdominal cramps between 3 to 10 days following the barbeque (Fig.1). Two had bloody diarrhea. The two children with bloody diarrhea (an 11-month-old male and a 15-year-old female) and one with non-bloody diarrhea (a 4-year-old female) sought medical attention. There was sufficient stool from two of these children (the 11-...

A 27-year-old female medical student experienced an episode of intermittent bloody diarrhoea for 6 weeks. She had no prior illnesses, no family history of note and had not undergone any recent travel. Routine blood and stool tests by her GP were normal. A colonoscopy showed patchy moderately active colitis and biopsies revealed patchy mild to moderate chronic active inflammation with cryptitis ...

A 5-year-old boy presented with 3-month bloody stool from unknown origin and progressive anemia. In this case report, we review the incidence, diagnosis, pathology, treatment and prognosis of Burkitt Lymphoma.