Ponder this scenario: you are evaluating a 2-year-old boy who has just presented with bloody diarrhea to the emergency department of your hospital. His diarrhea began 72 h before presentation and became bloody 3 h before presentation. He has had 7 bowel movements in the past 24 h. His mother reported an axillary temperature of 39.0ЊC on the first day of illness , but he has had no fever since t...

reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page Klebsiella oxytoca is a gram-negative member of the human fecal microbiota, which is detected in the intestine of about 1.6% to 9% of healthy subjects and thus considered to be a commensal member of the enteric microflora. 1 Recently, K. oxy...

Primary eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease (EGID) is a rare inflammatory disorder characterized by eosinophil infiltration in the gut. EGIDs are sub-grouped as esophagitis (EE), gastroenteritis (EG), and colitis (EC). The least frequent manifestation of EC which affects newborns young adults. An 18-year-old male patient was admitted complaining recurrent epigastric lower abdominal pain, dist...

AIMS To assess the reliability of the detection of erythrophagocytic amoebic trophozoites in stool samples in the diagnosis of dysentery associated with invasive Entamoeba histolytica. METHODS Amoebic culture was carried out on single stool samples collected from patients from Mexico, Colombia, and Bangladesh. The stools had been examined by light microscopy. Amoebic dysentery was diagnosed w...

A 36-year-old woman who had been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at the age of 17 years was referred to our hospital because of severe abdominal pain and repeated bloody diarrhea that persisted during pregnancy despite combination therapy with high-dose corticosteroids and weekly granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis (GMA). She underwent combination therapy consisting of high-dose cor...

BACKGROUND Although rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhea among children in sub-Saharan Africa, better knowledge of circulating enteric pathogenic bacteria and their antimicrobial resistance is crucial for prevention and treatment strategies. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS As a part of rotavirus gastroenteritis surveillance in Maradi, Niger, we performed stool culture on a sub-pop...

INTRODUCTION Infection by Cambylobacter occurs worldwide and represents the main cause of acute bacterial gastroenteritis within the European Union. AIMS Determine the prevalence of Campylobacter in stool cultures from patients with gastroenteritis and study their microbiological, epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic profiles, as well as associated complications. MATERIAL AND METHODS ...