BACKGROUND To describe trends in bacterial diarrhea among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons during 1992-2002, we examined data from a longitudinal record review study of persons with HIV infection who were receiving medical care in >100 medical facilities in 9 major United States cities. METHODS An analysis was performed using data from 44,778 persons who were followed up fo...

PURPOSE Diarrhea is one of the dose-limiting toxicities associated with chemotherapy agents in treatment regimens for colorectal cancer. The objectives of this study were to analyze the impact of all grades of diarrhea on clinical decisions for patients receiving treatment for colorectal cancer by characterizing the diarrhea that occurred, quantifying changes in chemotherapy treatment, identify...

INTRODUCTION Acute diarrhea, in the industrialized world, is usually self-limited, infectious in nature, and rarely requires biopsy evaluation. Chronic diarrhea can cause failure to thrive, frequently results in intestinal biopsy and may require parenteral nutrition and other forms of therapy. Protracted diarrhea has replaced the older term “intractable diarrhea” in the GI literature and denote...

Unlike acute diarrhea, the role of pathogens in persistent diarrhea in children in Nepal is unclear. Protozoal parasites are suspected to be a major cause. The study was carried out to find the association between protozoal agents and persistent diarrhea in children below age 5 years from western Nepal. Stool samples were collected from 253 children with persistent diarrhea, from 155 children w...

Chronic diarrhea is defined as the passage of loose stools that last for more than 4 weeks. Although generally it is estimated that the prevalence of chronic diarrhea only ranges 3-5% of population, but it poses some specific equally essential challenges compared to acute diarrhea because there are many differential diagnosis that should be considered as the cause of chronic diarrhea. One of th...

BACKGROUND Diarrhea and acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRI) are leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children under 5 years of age. We sought to quantify the correlation of diarrhea and respiratory infections within an individual child and to determine if infection with one illness increases the risk of infection with the other during the same time period. METHODS We qu...

Background: Well-controlled clinical studies in the developed world have shown that probiotics can shorten the duration of acute non-bacterial diarrhea. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a probiotic consisting of a mixture of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidum in the treatment of young children with acute diarrhea in Mashad, Iran Methods: Sixty-two hospital inpatients aged...

Chronic diarrhea, defined as a decrease in stool consistency for more than four weeks, is a common but challenging clinical scenario. It can be divided into three basic categories: watery, fatty (malabsorption), and inflammatory. Watery diarrhea may be subdivided into osmotic, secretory, and functional types. Watery diarrhea includes irritable bowel syndrome, which is the most common cause of f...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The commensal bacterial flora of the colon may undergo changes during diarrhea, owing to colonization of the intestine by pathogens and to rapid intestinal transit. This study used molecular methods to determine changes in the composition of selected commensal anaerobic bacteria during and after acute diarrhea in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fecal samples were obta...