The purpose of this study has been to evaluate various factors influencing prognosis in children with hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). Forty children with classical picture of HUS were seen in 1986-1 991. Boys and girls were equally affected, aged from two months to ten years. In 35 patients (87.5%) there was a history of diarrhea which was bloody in25. All were treated with peritoneal dial...

Mesalamine has been used as the first-line therapy for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC) because of its efficacy and fewer side effects. However, earlier study showed that mesalamine occasionally causes diarrhea. We are presenting a patient with active UC in whom bloody diarrhea accompanied by abdominal pain and fever occurred and the symptoms were aggravated after administration of mesa...

Intussusception is an uncommon pathology in the adult population. Most intussusception cases result from underlying pathological lead point, oftentimes a malignant neoplasm. We report case of male patient who presented with abdominal pain and currant jelly diarrhea. The underwent laparoscopic right hemicolectomy biopsy affected colon did not show any point. remains important differential diagno...

the purpose of this study has been to evaluate various factors influencing prognosis in children with hemolytic-uremic syndrome (hus). forty children with classical picture of hus were seen in 1986-1 991. boys and girls were equally affected, aged from two months to ten years. in 35 patients (87.5%) there was a history of diarrhea which was bloody in25. all were treated with peritoneal dialysis...

Bo\^NE COCCIDIOSIS is an infectious disease of cattle, known in its spectacular form as bloody scours or red diarrhea because of the characteristic bloody fecal discharges seen in severe cases. The disease is of economic importance in many parts of the world, including the United States {1, 12, 15).^ To the outright loss from fatal infections, which may take a heavy toll among calves, must be a...

richia coli (EHEC) has been spreading in Germany since the second week of May and causing considerable concern among the population. At the time of writing, nine deaths have been reported due to the subsequent development of hemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), but the source of the outbreak is still unknown. As of May 31, 2011, the Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, Germany, has confirmed a total of 4...

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A sentinel group of primary-care physicians in Wales actively reported cases of acute bloody diarrhea from February 1997 through December 1998. The estimated annual rate was 18 cases per 100,000 population. Most (80%) cases were due to Campylobacter or Salmonella; however, 18% were undiagnosed.