BACKGROUND Oral rehydration salts (ORS), zinc, and continued feeding are the recommended treatments for community-acquired acute diarrhea among young children. However, probiotics are becoming increasingly popular treatments for diarrhea in some countries. We sought to estimate the effect of probiotics on diarrhea morbidity and mortality in children < 5 years of age. METHODS We conducted a sy...

BACKGROUND Rotavirus infections are a major cause of diarrhea in children in both developed and developing countries. Rotavirus genetics, patient immunity, and environmental factors are thought to be related to the severity of acute diarrhea due to rotavirus in infants and young children. The objective of this study was to provide a correlation between rotavirus genotypes, clinical factors and ...

The etiology of acute diarrhea was studied in 915 children under 5 years of age between March 1986 and August 1987, in 7 hospitals in Tehran. 65 healthy children in similar age groups served as controls. Rotavirus was found in 25% of the patients and 1.5% of controls with the highest detection rate occurring in the 7-24 month age group (28%) and declining beyond 25 months of age (5%). The ...

According to the frequency of seeking medical care, diarrhea is one most common complaints, being an important health problem. Acute diarrhea, as a rule, infectious in nature, thus, scope diagnostics aimed at assessing patient's condition and clarifying pathogen etiology. Chronic has diverse etiology, which poses difficult task for clinician conduct differential diagnosis. Therefore, guidelines...

BACKGROUND Cryptosporidium is an intracellular protozoan organism which causes diarrhea, both in immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. Renal transplant recipients are prone to develop a variety of infections including protozoal infections. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in our renal transplant recipients presenting with acute diarr...

PURPOSE Viral etiology is common in cases of children with acute diarrhea, and antibiotic therapy is usually not required. Therefore, it is important to determine the distribution of common viruses among children hospitalized with acute diarrhea. METHODS We included 186 children who suffered from acute diarrhea and were hospitalized at the Wonkwang University Hospital Pediatric ward from Dece...

Background: Current evidence support the concept that oral administration of probiotic may be therapeutic and in reestablishing normal flora in acute diarrhea in children. Probiotics are traditionally defined as viable microorganisms that have a beneficial effect in the prevention and treatment of viral or bacteria when they are ingested. Objective: The efficacy of probiotic containing formula ...

rotavirus is the most important pathogen responsible for acute diarrhea in infants and young children. the incidence of rotavirus infection was studied in 156 children less than six years of age who were suffering from acute gastroenteritis, between february 22, 2006 and february 21, 2007 in mashhad. rotavirus antigen was detected by latex agglutination test (rotascreen) in 28.8% of the stool s...