AIM This study investigated the prevalence of sapovirus infections in patient with acute gastroenteritis in Tehran, Iran. BACKGROUND Sapovirus, a member of the family Caliciviridae is one of the major causative agents of viral gastroenteritis affecting both children and adult individuals. There isn't enough data about prevalence and genotypes of sapovirus infection in Tehran, the capital city...

This study investigated whether under-nutrition affected time to hospitalization for recurrence of gastroenteritis in Australian children. Linked hospitalization records of all infants, born in 1995 and 1996 in Western Australia, who were admitted for gastroenteritis during their first year of life (n=1001), were retrieved. A survival frailty model was used for determining the factors influenci...

Objective: Rotavirus has an important role in viral childhood gastroenteritis all over the world. Acute gastroenteritis constitutes an important part of pediatric emergency department admissions. We aimed to evaluate the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in the pediatric emergency department. Material and Methods: Patients who were admitted to Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Pediatric E...

Non-typhoid Salmonella infections may present as severe gastroenteritis necessitating hospitalization and some patients become septic with bacteraemia. We hypothesized that the seasonal variation of non-typhoid Salmonella occurrence in humans diminishes with increased severity of infection. We examined the seasonal variation of non-typhoid Salmonella infections in three patient groups with diff...

Copyright © 2012 Massachusetts Medical Society. Infectious gastroenteritis is a common, acute illness that is characteristically self-limiting, but it can become debilitating and life-threatening in immunocompromised patients.1 Noroviruses are major pathogens among the microbes associated with gastroenteritis in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts1-4 (Table 1). In the United States...

Background: Diarrhea is a leading cause of illness and death in children developing countries, where an estimated 1300 million episodes 3.2 deaths occur under-5 children. About 80% due to diarrhea the first 2 years life. Convulsions may during diarrheic illness. Children develop febrile seizures if fever accompanies diarrhea. Objective: The aim current work was investigate prevalence determina...

OBJECTIVES Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is becoming increasingly more common, but the prevalence of other eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGIDs) is unknown. Our objective was to estimate the prevalence of eosinophilic gastritis, gastroenteritis, and colitis in the United States. METHODS We used the IMS Health LifeLink PharMetrics Plus Claims Database, data representative of a US na...

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...

INTRODUCTION Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe diarrhea in children. There is only a few clinical studies about the relationship between rotavirus gastroenteritis and ABO blood groups. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the role of blood groups, if any present, in the incidence of rotavirus gastroenteritis, and the severity of the gastroenteritis. METHODS The file...

The results of monitoring the situation neonatal gastroenteritis calves are presented for four farms in north-western districts Saratov region, during period mass calving. incidence was 11.92 - 16.36%. Factors contributing to morbidity newborn with complications pregnancy, depending on gestational period, subclinical ketosis (27.65%), osteodystrophy (15.71%), liver and kidney diseases (10.59%) ...