a case of isospora hominis infection was revealed by stool examination using formol- ether concentration technique. the patient was a 26 year-old female from rural area of babol, caspian sea littoral, with complaints of abdominal discomfort.

UNLABELLED To evaluate the efficacy and safety of lactulose in the intervention treatment of postpartum women with constipation. METHODS The study adopted the multicenter clinical survey with a big sample which enrolled 4781 valid questionnaires from postpartum women in 18 different districts. All of them were treated with lactulose oral solution. Their constipation-related symptoms and routi...

Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, and Cryptosporidium parvum are three of the most important parasitic causes of acute diarrhea worldwide. Laboratory diagnosis of these parasites is usually done by ova and parasite examination (O&P examination) via microscopy. The sensitivity and specificity of O&P examination varies among laboratories and can be labor intensive and time consuming. The T...

Blastocystis hominis was considered to be a member of normal intestinal flora in the past; recently it has been accepted as a controversial pathogen. In this study 200 stool specimens of patients suffering from gastroenteritis were studies by applying direct microscopic stool examination and culture. 67% of these specimens showed single entropathogen, 20% mixed and 12% were negative. These resu...

Techniques for detecting hepatitis E virus nucleic acid by RT-PCR and digoxin probe spot hybridization tests were developed. The examination by RT-PCR test of 250 stored stool specimens from patients with acute hepatitis E gave a positive rate of 40.9% and was positive in one stool specimen collected 28 days after the patient had contracted the illness. Serologic examination yielded a positive ...

A 5-year-old boy with no past medical history presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of low-grade fever, abdominal pain, and watery diarrhea with intermittent mild hematochezia. Seven days before presentation, he had attended a family barbecue and had consumed chicken that was slightly raw. His family members showed no symptoms despite consuming the same chicken. On physical...

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 ...

Differences in reported backscatter factors, BSF, for low energy X-rays. A literature study.Differences in reported backscatter factors, nSF, for low energy X-rays. A literature study.

Hycanthone in a single dose of 3.3 mg/kg of body weight was used to treal mansoni schistosomiasis in 597 persons (83%) of the population of the endemic vilage of Canabrava. Ninety two patients received a 2nd course 14 months later. There was one death em the 2nd treatment. The cure rate after one stool examination was smaller after the 2ni treatment in comparison with the first one. Re-infectio...