INTRODUCTION Diarrhoea diseases remain a major public health threat with nearly 1.7 billion cases annually worldwide occurring in all age groups. In Ghana diarrhoea kills about 14,000 children under five years annually. We therefore analysed data to determine the morbidity pattern of diarrhoea diseases in the Central Region of Ghana. METHODS Health facility morbidity data was reviewed from 20...

We present a 13.5 year old boy with chronic intussusception that was misdiagnosed as Crohn disease and received treatment for the wrong diagnosis. Because his condition didn’t improve, more work-ups were performed and the radiologic work-ups revealed the diagnosis of a missed intussusception with fistula.We suggest that prolonged intussusception should be considered in the list of differential ...

Adverse effects related to biologic monoclonal antibodies are common; potentially life threatening and can involve almost every organ. Ipilimumab, a cytotoxic T-lymphocyteassociated-antigen-4-antagonist (CTLA-4), has been approved for treatment of advanced melanoma. We report a case of ipilimumab immune-mediated side effects involving multiple organ systems (pancolitis, hypophysitis), simultane...

fungal infections of the gastrointestinal tract are not common in children, especially in immunocompetent ones. in this case report we describe a child who was presented with abdominal pain and mass, bloody diarrhea and fever. he was treated for amebiasis, but due to treatment failure and deterioration of his condition, he underwent a laparatomy. histologic examination of the excised bowel in t...

Objectives: The aim of study is to find the causes, how optimal diagnosis and what most causative agents bloody diarrhea in infants children.
 Methods: One hundred children with (three or more loose bowel motion / day visible blood stool) from total 1660 gastroenteritis where studied Babylon hospital for maternity Hilla (1st March 31 August 2012), all them were less than five years age. Th...

provide a complete document that would be applicable to the case management of diarrhea. However, some explanation and amplification is necessary to clarify the terms and phrases that have been used, as well as to explain the basis for certain decision pathways in the algorithm. Adult: The definition of 'adult' varies from one country to another. As applied in this guideline, the term 'adult' r...

Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) are frequently used for biomedical research but can be afflicted with diarrhea-a serious and potentially lethal health problem. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is thought to be the causative pathogen of hemorrhagic typhlocolitis in common marmosets, but the actual incidence of the disease and the relationship between EPEC and hematochezia are unkno...

The objective of this review is to highlight the importance of cattle in human disease due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and to discuss features of STEC that are important in human disease. Healthy dairy and beef cattle are a major reservoir of a diverse group of STEC that infects humans through contamination of food and water, as well as through direct contact. Infection of ...