Based on the duration and type of symptoms, diarrhea is categorized into acute or chronic infectious non-infectious. Infectious most commonly caused by parasites enteric bacterial infections in developing nations. The identification etiological agent crucial to diagnosis management diarrhea. Stool examination stool culture are two non-invasive tests that can be used determine etiology analyses ...

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is now the most common definable cause of hospital-acquired and antibiotic-associated diarrhea in the United States, with the total cost of treatment estimated between 1 to 4.8 billion U.S. dollars annually (Dubberke and Olsen, 2012; DuPont, 2011; Kyne et al., 2002; Magill et al., 2014; O'Brien et al., 2007; Wilkins and Lyerly, 2003). This bacterium is resp...

BACKGROUND Meta-analyses on the effects of probiotics on specific gastrointestinal diseases have generally shown positive effects on disease prevention and treatment; however, the relative efficacy of probiotic use for treatment and prevention across different gastrointestinal diseases, with differing etiology and mechanisms of action, has not been addressed. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We inc...

Antibiotic associated diarrhea due to human intestinal microbiota abnormalities is a side effect of H. pylori eradication therapy. We examined intestinal microbiota changes during H. pylori eradication therapy and the preventive effect of CBM588 as a probiotic agent. Nineteen patients with gastro-duodenal ulcer were randomly divided into three groups: group A (without probiotics), group B (with...

Background To evaluate the hazard of prolonged antibiotic therapy and/or persistent diarrhea on vitamin K1 (VK1) level and bleeding profile in infants (2-24 weeks). Methods A one-year case-control study, conducted at Ain Shams University, Egypt. 338 infants (2-24 weeks) were recruited and divided into 3 groups (1:1:3 ratios); group A (n=67) patients who received antibiotics for ≥10 days, grou...