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: among the most important parasitic disease, causing diarrhea, gi­ardia lamblia is noteworthy. nowadays detection methods for these parasites in­clude parasitological methods such as microscopic examination. the sensitivity of these methods relies on the expertise and experience of examiners. in contrast, molecular methods such as pcr are less dependent on the expertise of the exam­i...

background although infection with helicobacter pylori is a global health problem, its prevalence is different among countries. serologic tests for the diagnosis of h. pylori infection are limited by low accuracy rates and lack of validation. recent studies indicate that the stool antigen test has an acceptable level of accuracy. objectives our objective was to investigate the prevalence of h. ...

the prevalence of various intestinal helminthiases among the inhabitants of 7 villages was compared with that among the nomadic bakhtiari tribe with its migratory habits. stool examination of 736 nomads and 784 persons of the same ethnic group settled in 7 villages showed that, among the settled population, the pre­valence of infection with ascaris, trichostrongylus spp., trichuris trichiura, h...

background helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) infection usually occurs during childhood, especially in developing countries. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of h. pylori infection among children in primary schools of rasht, a northern iranian city. methods this cross-sectional study was conducted among 961 primary school students in rasht. samples were randomly selected and st...

colorectal cancer (crc) is one of the most common forms of cancers in the world and is curable if diagnosed at the early stage. analysis of dna extracted from stool specimens is a recent advantage to cancer diagnostics. many protocols have been recommended for dna extraction from stool, and almost allof them are difficult and time consuming, dealing with high amount of toxic materials like phen...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the burden of intestinal infectious disease (IID) in the UK and determine whether disease burden estimations using a retrospective study design differ from those using a prospective study design. DESIGN/SETTING A retrospective telephone survey undertaken in each of the four countries comprising the United Kingdom. Participants were randomly asked about illness either in...