Results In the study period 3,929 patients with AD (with 353 positive cases) presented to the Infectious Diseases Hospital out of which 2,550 children (with 301 positive cases) and 1,371 adults (with 52 positive cases). In children rotavirus enteritis ranked first in the etiology of infectious enteritis with a confirmed etiology of 62% over the entire period (186 cases) with a peak incidence in...

OBJECTIVE Glutamine has been proposed as a preventive treatment for toxicity related to cancer therapies. The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of glutamine in the prevention of radiation enteritis. METHODS A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was performed including 69 patients who were assigned to receive either glutamine (Gln, 30 g/d) or placebo while they were receiving a...

A surveillance of the clinical manifestations, course and outcome of 261 patients with gastrointestinal infection by Yersinia enterocolitica between 1982 and 1991 was carried out. Acute uncomplicated enteritis was diagnosed in 169 patients, complicated enteritis in 37, appendicular syndrome in 33, ileitis in 8 and colitis in 14. Children (age < 16 years, n = 105) presented most often with mild ...

Since the introduction of emetine into 'Medical practice by Sir Leonard Rogers (1912).?following the lead given by Bardsley (1829) of Manchester, who had used the generally in dysentery, Tull Walsh v 1891), who used it in the treatment of dysentery in Calcutta, but reported that it did I'l't give better results than other drugs, and edder (1911), who tested its action on 1 ee-living amoebae, an...

A novel toxin, NetB, has recently been identified in virulent avian Clostridium perfringens isolates and shown to be an essential virulence factor in a clinical necrotic enteritis isolate. To assess whether NetB is more generally associated with avian necrotic enteritis isolates we have screened a range of C. perfringens strains from geographically diverse locations for both the presence and ex...

OBJECTIVES Campylobacter jejuni enteritis can lead to musculoskeletal, neuropathic or other health sequelae. We investigated the coexistence, seasonal occurrence, strain-type associations and impact on work capacity of different health problems following C. jejuni enteritis in a Lancashire population during 1999 and 2001. METHODS A semistructured questionnaire was used to characterize health ...

Mild gastro-intestinal upset is common in babies, but severe disease is not now the scourge it formerly was, and part of the great improvement in infantile mortality is due to its decline in the twentieth century. The reasons for this are not clear, and many theories have been advanced. Formerly, a considerable number of cases of gastro-enteritis were thought to be due to dietetic, that is to s...

Endoscopic exploration of the small bowel after pelvic radiation has limitations related to strong abdominal adhesion. It is often difficult to demonstrate the findings of radiation enteritis endoscopically, even with video capsule endoscopy (VCE) or double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE). We present our experience with three cases of radiation enteritis that were diagnosed using VCE and DBE, includi...