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...

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Diarrhea is a common clinical manifestation of HIV infection regardless of whether the patients have AIDS. HIV and malnutrition tend to occur in the same populations, the underprivileged and resource-poor. Malnutrition increases severity and mortality of infection. Occurrence of chronic diarrhea in HIV-infected patients, gut status and pathogenic agents, nutritional status and the crucial role ...

A prospective, case-control study was performed in which enteric protein loss and nutritional status were measured in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic infections due to Clostridium difficile. Enteric protein loss, measured by elevated levels of fecal alpha1-antitrypsin, was detected in 14 of 20 cases and controls with diarrhea (9 of 10 cases with C. difficile-associated diarrhea and 5...

BACKGROUND Diarrheal disease remains a leading cause of death in children in low-income countries. We investigated the etiology, risk factors and effects on nutritional status of severe diarrhea in children from two districts in Madagascar. METHODS We performed a matched case-control study in 2011 to 2014, on children under the age of five years from Moramanga and Antananarivo. The cases were...

The recent elucidation of etiologic agents of infantile diarrhea has markedly improved our understanding of the pathophysiology and epidemiology of acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis. In addition, the study of these agents has led to the formulation of potential strategies for the prevention and treatment of these infections. The agent of nonbacterial gastroenteritis in children which has recei...

Before one considers active nutritional therapy for a global problem as devastating and massive as chronic infant diarrhea, one should consider the preventive aspects of nutritional care. The favorable impact of breast-feeding on the incidence and course of diarrheal disease has been rediscovered and reaffirmed in most parts of the world. This very important protection provided by breastfeeding...

Persistent diarrhea (PD; duration >/=14 days) is a growing part of the global burden of diarrheal diseases. A 45-month prospective cohort study (with illness, nutritional, and microbiologic surveillance) was conducted in a shantytown in northeastern Brazil, to elucidate the epidemiology, nutritional impact, and causes of PD in early childhood (0-3 years of age). A nested case-control design was...

the child feeding practices in health and during diarrhea were studied in 531 households in rural areas of sirjan, iran. although most mothers did not believe in food avoidances and recommendation for children some of them had belief in these regard. inappropriate child food practices in diarrhea were common among many mothers. inappropriate child food practices in diarrhea were common among ma...