A small outbreak of infective diarrhoea occurred among babies in hospital at Winchester, England. The causal agent was found to be a strain of Escherichia coli 091 K? H7 which was resistant to several antibiotics. Epidemic diarrhoea due to E. coli 091 has previously been reported from south Germany.

13 INTRODUCTION In an age of increasing globalization and ease of travel, physicians can expect to encounter growing numbers of patients who have contracted travelers’ diarrhea (TD) and others who seek medical advice and prophylactic treatment before setting out. With proper education about prudent dietary and hygiene practices, patients can reduce their risk of contracting TD. In addition, wit...

During the past 1 5 years, oral rehydration therapy has been extensively and increasingly used in developing countries for the treatment of dehydration in acute infantile diarrhea.1 It has been shown that mortality from this disease, which is the leading cause of infant deaths in developing countries, can be reduced dramatically by using oral rehydration 2 Despite this experience, many physicia...

Thirty-four calf and five infant fecal specimens were tested for the neonatal calf diarrhea virus (NCDV) and for the reovirus-like infantile diarrhea agent; respectively. The procedures used were the fluorescent virus precipitin test and immune electron microscopy. Fourteen of the calf stools contained detectable NCDV, and four of the five infant stools contained the reovirus-like human agent. ...

Case presentation: A 11-month-old female patient with Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) who developed infantile spasms at 6-months-old. She was diagnosed West Syndrome and first treated Vigabatrin (VGB). positive response observed, control of the spams regression hypsarrhythmia electroencephalogram register. well controlled until 10-months-old, when returned developmental regression. treatment synthet...

The recent elucidation of etiologic agents of infantile diarrhea has markedly improved our understanding of the pathophysiology and epidemiology of acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis. In addition, the study of these agents has led to the formulation of potential strategies for the prevention and treatment of these infections. The agent of nonbacterial gastroenteritis in children which has recei...