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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The clinical management of acute diarrhea is based on the use of oral rehydration salts and appropriate nutrition. In addition, the WHO and The United Nations Children's Fund recommend zinc supplementation for diarrhea in children below 5 years. This article aims at reviewing recent literature on the effects of oral zinc for treating acute diarrhea in children. RECENT FINDINGS Recent studies confirm that zinc supplementation has a benefit in children below 5 years with acute diarrhea in countries at medium or high risk of zinc deficiency. A few small trials have reported a benefit of zinc in children at low risk of zinc deficiency, with heterogeneity in results. No recent study has explored the effects of zinc in children younger than 6 months, and in this age group previous research refuted any benefit from zinc. SUMMARY Current literature supports the use of oral zinc in treating diarrhea in children older than 6 months, especially if at risk of zinc deficiency, such as children with poor diets exposed to recurrent gastrointestinal infections. More research is needed to confirm findings in children at low risk of zinc deficiency. Currently there is no evidence that zinc benefits children younger than 6 months.
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- Marzia Lazzerini
- Institute for Maternal and Child Health IRCCS 'Burlo Garofolo', Trieste, Italy
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Charyeva Z, Cannon M, Oguntunde O, Garba AM, Sambisa W, Bassi AP, Ibrahim MA, Danladi SE, Lawal N. Reducing the burden of diarrhea among children under five years old: lessons learned from oral rehydration therapy corner program implementation in Northern Nigeria. J Health Popul Nutr 2015; 34:4. [PMID: 26825053 PMCID: PMC5025971 DOI: 10.1186/s41043-015-0005-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2014] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND In Nigeria, diarrhea remains one of the leading causes of death among children under five years old. Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) corners were introduced to health facilities in Bauchi and Sokoto states to serve as points of treatment for sick children and equip caregivers with necessary skills in case management of diarrhea and diarrhea prevention. OBJECTIVES The operations research study examined the effect of facility-based ORT corners on caregivers' knowledge and skills in management of simple and moderate diarrhea at home, as well as caregivers' and service providers' perceived facilitators and barriers to utilization and delivering of ORT corner services. It also examined whether ORT activities were conducted according to the established protocols. METHODS This quantitative study relied on multiple sources of information to provide a complete picture of the current status of ORT corner services, namely surveys with ORT corner providers (N = 21), health facility providers (N = 23) and caregivers (N = 229), as well as a review of service statistics and health facility observations. Frequency distribution and binary analysis were conducted. RESULTS The study revealed that ORT corner users were more knowledgeable in diarrhea prevention and management and demonstrated better skills for managing diarrhea at home than ORT corner non-users. However, the percentage of knowledgeable ORT users is not optimal, and providers need to continue to work toward improving such knowledge. ORT corner providers identified a lack of supplies as the major barrier for providing services. Furthermore, the study revealed a lack of information, education and communication materials, supportive supervision, and protocols and guidelines for delivering ORT corner services, as well as inadequate documentation of services provided at ORT corners. RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendations for ORT corners program planners and implementers include ensuring all ORT corners have oral rehydration salt (ORS) packages and salt, sugar, and zinc tablets in stock, a secured commodity supply chain to avoid stockouts, and adequate policies and procedures in place.
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- Zulfiya Charyeva
- Futures Group, 401 Meadowmont Village Circle, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, USA.
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- Futures Group, 401 Meadowmont Village Circle, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, USA.
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Nhampossa T, Mandomando I, Acacio S, Nhalungo D, Sacoor C, Nhacolo A, Macete E, Nhabanga A, Quintó L, Kotloff K, Levine MM, Nasrin D, Farag T, Bassat Q, Alonso P. Health care utilization and attitudes survey in cases of moderate-to-severe diarrhea among children ages 0-59 months in the District of Manhica, southern Mozambique. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013; 89:41-48. [PMID: 23629927 PMCID: PMC3748500 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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In the predominantly rural Manhiça district, in southern Mozambique, diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death among children under 5 years. Caretakers randomly selected from the Demographic Surveillance Database were invited to participate in a community-based survey on use of healthcare services for gastroenteritis. Of those caretakers reporting an episode of diarrhea during the recall period, 65.2% in the first survey and 43.8% in the second survey reported seeking care at a health facility. Independent risk factors for seeking care in health facilities in the first survey included the presence of diarrhea with fever and not knowing any sign of dehydration; having a television at home was related with an independent decreased use of the health facilities. In the second survey, the use of health services was significantly associated with diarrhea with fever and vomiting. Establishment of continuous prospective monitoring allows accounting for changes in healthcare use that may occur because of seasonality or secular events.
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- Tacilta Nhampossa
- Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique; Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministério de Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique; Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique; Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Omore R, O'Reilly CE, Williamson J, Moke F, Were V, Farag TH, van Eijk AM, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Obor D, Odhiambo F, Vulule J, Laserson KF, Mintz ED, Breiman RF. Health care-seeking behavior during childhood diarrheal illness: results of health care utilization and attitudes surveys of caretakers in western Kenya, 2007-2010. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013; 89:29-40. [PMID: 23629929 PMCID: PMC3748498 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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We interviewed caretakers of 1,043 children < 5 years old in a baseline cross-sectional survey (April to May 2007) and > 20,000 children on five separate subsequent occasions (May of 2009 to December 31, 2010) to assess healthcare seeking patterns for diarrhea. Diarrhea prevalence during the preceding 2 weeks ranged from 26% at baseline to 4-11% during 2009-2010. Caretakers were less likely to seek healthcare outside the home for infants (versus older children) with diarrhea (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 0.33, confidence interval [CI] = 0.12-0.87). Caretakers of children with reduced food intake (aOR = 3.42, CI = 1.37-8.53) and sunken eyes during their diarrheal episode were more likely to seek care outside home (aOR = 4.76, CI = 1.13-8.89). Caretakers with formal education were more likely to provide oral rehydration solution (aOR = 3.01, CI = 1.41-6.42) and visit a healthcare facility (aOR = 3.32, CI = 1.56-7.07). Studies calculating diarrheal incidence and healthcare seeking should account for seasonal trends. Improving caretakers' knowledge of home management could prevent severe diarrhea.
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- *Address correspondence to Robert F. Breiman, Emory Global Health Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. E-mail:
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Levine MM, Kotloff KL, Breiman RF, Zaidi AKM. Diarrheal disease constitutes one of the top two causes of mortality among young children in developing countries. Preface. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013; 89:1-2. [PMID: 23629933 PMCID: PMC3748495 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Myron M. Levine
- *Address correspondence to Myron M. Levine, Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201. E-mail:
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Nasrin D, Wu Y, Blackwelder WC, Farag TH, Saha D, Sow SO, Alonso PL, Breiman RF, Sur D, Faruque ASG, Zaidi AKM, Biswas K, Van Eijk AM, Walker DG, Levine MM, Kotloff KL. Health care seeking for childhood diarrhea in developing countries: evidence from seven sites in Africa and Asia. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013; 89:3-12. [PMID: 23629939 PMCID: PMC3748499 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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We performed serial Health Care Utilization and Attitudes Surveys (HUASs) among caretakers of children ages 0–59 months randomly selected from demographically defined populations participating in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS), a case-control study of moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) in seven developing countries. The surveys aimed to estimate the proportion of children with MSD who would present to sentinel health centers (SHCs) where GEMS case recruitment would occur and provide a basis for adjusting disease incidence rates to include cases not seen at the SHCs. The proportion of children at each site reported to have had an incident episode of MSD during the 7 days preceding the survey ranged from 0.7% to 4.4% for infants (0–11 months of age), from 0.4% to 4.7% for toddlers (12–23 months of age), and from 0.3% to 2.4% for preschoolers (24–59 months of age). The proportion of MSD episodes at each site taken to an SHC within 7 days of diarrhea onset was 15–56%, 17–64%, and 7–33% in the three age strata, respectively. High cost of care and insufficient knowledge about danger signs were associated with lack of any care-seeking outside the home. Most children were not offered recommended fluids and continuing feeds at home. We have shown the utility of serial HUASs as a tool for optimizing operational and methodological issues related to the performance of a large case-control study and deriving population-based incidence rates of MSD. Moreover, the surveys suggest key targets for educational interventions that might improve the outcome of diarrheal diseases in low-resource settings.
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- Dilruba Nasrin
- *Address correspondence to Dilruba Nasrin, Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, HSF-1 Room 480, 685 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. E-mail:
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Das SK, Nasrin D, Ahmed S, Wu Y, Ferdous F, Farzana FD, Khan SH, Malek MA, El Arifeen S, Levine MM, Kotloff KL, Faruque ASG. Health care-seeking behavior for childhood diarrhea in Mirzapur, rural Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013; 89:62-68. [PMID: 23629937 PMCID: PMC3748503 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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We evaluated patterns of health care use for diarrhea among children 0–59 months of age residing in Mirzapur, Bangladesh, using a baseline survey conducted during May–June 2007 to inform the design of a planned diarrheal etiology case/control study. Caretakers of 7.4% of 1,128 children reported a diarrheal illness in the preceding 14 days; among 95 children with diarrhea, 24.2% had blood in the stool, 12.2% received oral rehydration solution, 27.6% received homemade fluids, and none received zinc at home. Caretakers of 87.9% sought care outside the home; 49.9% from a pharmacy, and 22.1% from a hospital or health center. The primary reasons for not seeking care were maternal perception that the illness was not serious enough (74.0%) and the high cost of treatment (21.9%). To improve management of childhood diarrhea in Mirzapur, Bangladesh, it will be important to address knowledge gaps in caretakers' assessment of illness severity, appropriate home management, and when to seek care in the formal sector. In addition, consideration should be given to inclusion of the diverse care-giving settings in clinical training activities for diarrheal disease management.
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- *Address correspondence to Abu S. G. Faruque, Center for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr, b), 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh. E-mail:
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Quadri F, Nasrin D, Khan A, Bokhari T, Tikmani SS, Nisar MI, Bhatti Z, Kotloff K, Levine MM, Zaidi AKM. Health care use patterns for diarrhea in children in low-income periurban communities of Karachi, Pakistan. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013; 89:49-55. [PMID: 23629928 PMCID: PMC3748501 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Diarrhea causes 16% of all child deaths in Pakistan. We assessed patterns of healthcare use among caretakers of a randomly selected sample of 959 children ages 0–59 months in low-income periurban settlements of Karachi through a cross-sectional survey. A diarrheal episode was reported to have occurred in the previous 2 weeks among 298 (31.1%) children. Overall, 280 (80.3%) children sought care. Oral rehydration solution and zinc were used by 40.8% and 2%, respectively; 11% were admitted or received intravenous rehydration, and 29% sought care at health centers identified as sentinel centers for recruiting cases of diarrhea for a planned multicenter diarrheal etiology case-control study. Odds ratios for independent predictors of care-seeking behavior were lethargy, 4.14 (95% confidence interval = 1.45–11.77); fever, 2.67 (1.27–5.59); and stool frequency more than six per day, 2.29 (1.03–5.09). Perception of high cost of care and use of home antibiotics were associated with reduced care seeking: odds ratio = 0.28 (0.1–0.78) and 0.29 (0.11–0.82), respectively. There is a need for standardized, affordable, and accessible treatment of diarrhea as well as community education regarding appropriate care in areas with high diarrheal burden.
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- *Address correspondence to Anita K. M. Zaidi, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, PO Box 3500, Karachi 74800, Pakistan. E-mail:
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Manna B, Nasrin D, Kanungo S, Roy S, Ramamurthy T, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Sur D. Determinants of health care seeking for diarrheal illness in young children in urban slums of Kolkata, India. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013; 89:56-61. [PMID: 23629936 PMCID: PMC3748502 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Maternal practices regarding children's health care have been recognized as an important factor associated with mortality rates among children < 5 years of age. We focused on health care-seeking practices of primary caretakers of children < 5 years of age with diarrheal disease in Kolkata. We interviewed caretakers of 1,058 children in a baseline survey and 6,077 children on six subsequent surveys. The prevalence of diarrhea during the preceding 2 weeks was 7.9% in the baseline survey and 5.7% (lowest 3.5% to highest 7.8%) in subsequent surveys. Multivariate logistic regression showed that formal education of primary caretakers was associated with seeking care outside the home (odds ratio [OR] = 15.5; 95% confidence interval [CI] [2.5-85.7]; P = 0.002). Multinomial logistic regression showed that formal education of the primary caretaker (OR = 21.4; 95% CI [3.2-139.0]; P = 0.002) and presence of dry mouth during diarrhea (OR = 17.3; 95% CI [2.7-110.9]; P = 0.003) were associated with seeking care from licensed providers compared with the children for whom care was not sought outside of the home. This health care utilization and attitudes survey (HUAS) can serve as a tool to identify the factors that influence a better health care-seeking pattern in urban slums of Kolkata.
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- *Address correspondence to Suman Kanungo, Division of Epidemiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, CIT Road, Scheme-XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata-700010, India. E-mail:
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Saha D, Akinsola A, Sharples K, Adeyemi MO, Antonio M, Imran S, Jasseh M, Hossain MJ, Nasrin D, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Hill PC. Health Care Utilization and Attitudes Survey: understanding diarrheal disease in rural Gambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013; 89:13-20. [PMID: 23629926 PMCID: PMC3748496 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Diarrheal disease causes ∼1.34 million deaths per year among children under 5 years of age globally. We conducted a Health Care Utilization and Attitudes Survey of 1,012 primary caregivers of children aged 0–11, 12–23, and 24–59 months randomly selected from a Demographic Surveillance population in rural Gambia. Point prevalence of diarrhea was 7.7% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 6.1–9.8); 23.3% had diarrhea within the previous 2 weeks. Caregivers of 81.5% of children with diarrhea sought healthcare outside their home, but only 48.4% of them visited a health center. Only 17.0% (95% CI = 12.1–23.2) of children with diarrhea received oral rehydration solution (ORS) at home. Abbreviated surveys conducted on six occasions over the subsequent 2 years showed no change in prevalence or treatment-seeking behavior. Diarrhea remains a significant problem in rural young Gambian children. Encouraging care-seeking behavior at health centers and promoting ORS use can reduce mortality and morbidity in this population.
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- Debasish Saha
- *Address correspondence to Debasish Saha, Centre for International Health, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. E-mail:
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Farag TH, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Onwuchekwa U, Van Eijk AM, Doh S, Sow SO. Seeking care for pediatric diarrheal illness from traditional healers in Bamako, Mali. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013; 89:21-28. [PMID: 23629935 PMCID: PMC3748497 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Diarrhea is a leading cause of child mortality worldwide. Early recognition of symptoms and referral to medical treatment are essential. In 2007, we conducted a Healthcare Utilization and Attitudes Survey (HUAS) of 1,000 children randomly selected from a population census to define care-seeking patterns for diarrheal disease in Bamako, Mali, in preparation for the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS). We found that 57% of caretakers sought care for their child's diarrheal illness from traditional healers, and 27% of caretakers sought care from the government health center (GHC). Weighted logistic regression showed that seeking care from a traditional healer was associated with more severe reported diarrheal disease, like decreased urination (odds ratio [OR] = 3.35, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] = 1.19–9.41) and mucus or pus in stool (OR = 4.42, 95% CI = 1.35–14.51), along with other indicators of perceived susceptibility. A locally designed traditional healer referral system was, therefore, created that emphasized more severe disease. This system may serve as a model for health systems in West Africa.
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- Tamer H. Farag
- *Address correspondence to Tamer H. Farag, Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, HSF-1 Room 480, 685 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. E-mail:
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Ei-Deeb MT, Hamid DHA. Growth assessment in Egyptian infants and children with chronic diarrhea. J Egypt Soc Parasitol 2012; 42:605-617. [PMID: 23469634 DOI: 10.12816/0006344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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This study evaluated the various growth parameters among patients presenting with chronic diarrhea and highlight the most common causes of chronic diarrhea among a sample of Egyptian infants and children. This cross-sectional study included 146 patients with chronic diarrhea. They were 87 males and 59 females, with age ranging between 2 and 198 months and a mean age of 27.3 +/- 34.5 months. Each patient was subjected to medical history taking including age of onset and duration of diarrhea, consistency of stools, presence of blood and mucus, vomiting with or without hematemesis, fever, allergic manifestations and family history of atopy. Dietetic history included milk feeding during the first 6 months and age of weaning and age of introduction of cow's milk products. Anthropometric measurements included weight and height and weight for height were assessed and z-scores were calculated using software WHO anthro v3.2.2. Laboratory investigations included stool analysis and culture, CBC and all other investigations necessary for diagnosis of the definite cause including RAST for specific IgE against cow's milk proteins, serology for celiac disease (anti-gliadin and anti tTG), Breath hydrogen test, endoscopy (colonoscopy or esophago-gastrodudenoscopy) and histopathologic assessment of endoscopic biopsies. CMA was diagnosed on basis of withdrawal and open re-challenge technique. Causes included chronic infections (40.4%), CMA (34.9%), celiac disease (10.3%), inflammatory bowel disease (6.8%) and lactose intolerance (3.4%). Rare causes were chronic non-specific diarrhea (1.3%), cystic fibrosis (0.7%), post-surgery short bowel syndrome (0.7%), neuroblastoma (0.7%) and IBS (0.7%).78.7% of patients enrolled in the study had a low WFA z-score (< -2), 75% had low length for age z-score (<-2) and 50.7% showed wasting with low weight for height z-scores (< -2). Patients with IBD had the lowest mean value of WFA and HFA z-scores (-4.03 +/- 3.23, -6.31 +/- 3.74 respectively). Infants with CMA had the lowest mean value of WFH z-score (-2.26 +/- 1.78).
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- Marwa T Ei-Deeb
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.
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Chisti MJ, Pietroni MAC, Alom MS, Smith JH. Use of only oral rehydration salt solution for successful management of a young infant with serum sodium of 201 mmol/L in an urban diarrhoeal diseases hospital, Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr 2012; 30:371-376. [PMID: 23082639 PMCID: PMC3489953 DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v30i3.12301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A boy aged 4 months 7 days was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Dhaka Hospital of icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh, with the problems of acute watery diarrhoea with some dehydration, pneumonia, lethargy, and hypernatraemia (serum sodium of 201 mmol/L). Correction for hypernatraemia was tried by using only oral rehydration salt (ORS) solution. Seizures occurred during correction of the hypernatraemia. These were difficult to control and required three doses of injection lorazepam, a loading dose of injection phenobarbitone, followed by injection phenytoin and finally two doses of injection mannitol (even though there was no clinical or imaging evidence by ultrasonography or computed tomography of cerebral oedema). The correction was continued with ORS, and all the anticonvulsants were successfully weaned without any further seizures, and the patient recovered without any overt neurological sequelae. We present a case report of extreme hypernatraemia, which was successfully managed using only ORS.
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Stein M, Roisin H, Morag B, Ringel S, Tasher D, Vohl M, Mizrahi A, Raz M, Somekh E. The burden and cost of ambulatory cases of rotavirus gastroenteritis in central Israel. Isr Med Assoc J 2010; 12:168-171. [PMID: 20684182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND While the burden of rotavirus infection with regard to hospitalizations has been extensively investigated, there are sparse data on the cost and impact of this infection on the ambulatory part of the health system in Israel. OBJECTIVES To investigate the burden of rotavirus infection on the ambulatory system in Israel. METHODS Infants younger than 3 years examined for acute gastrointestinal symptoms in four pediatric clinics had their stool tested for rotavirus. The parents were contacted 7-10 days later and questioned about the symptoms of illness, medications given, use of diapers, consumption of formula, and any loss of parents' workdays. RESULTS Rotavirus was detected in 71 of the 145 stool samples tested (49%). A total of 54 parents responded to the telephonic survey. Patients' mean age was 15.4 months. Three patients were hospitalized due to the illness. The mean duration of fever was 1.7 days. Infants with rotavirus gastroenteritis had on average 2.25 days of vomiting and 7.5 days of diarrhea. The average number of workdays lost was 2.65 days per RVGE case. The cost of the average case of RVGE in Israel is 257 euros; 69.64% of this cost (179 euros) is due to parental work loss. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that the economic impact of the ambulatory cases in Israel is quite significant.
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- Michal Stein
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
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Bhattacharya R, Sahoo GC, Nayak MK, Rajendran K, Dutta P, Mitra U, Bhattacharya MK, Naik TN, Bhattacharya SK, Krishnan T. Detection of Genogroup I and II human picobirnaviruses showing small genomic RNA profile causing acute watery diarrhoea among children in Kolkata, India☆. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 2007; 7:229-38. [PMID: 17049316 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2006.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2006] [Revised: 09/12/2006] [Accepted: 09/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Picobirnaviruses (PBVs) with bisegmented small RNA genome profile (1.75 and 1.55kbp for segment 1 and 2, respectively) were detected from 1999 to 2003 in faecal specimens of acute watery diarrhoea cases, largely children (n=20) and an adult in Kolkata, India. Varying degrees of dehydration necessitated their visit to hospital for further treatment and management of acute watery diarrhoea. PBV was associated with rotavirus (n=3) or astrovirus (n=3) and with both in one case. No co-infection with norovirus, sapovirus or adenovirus was detected in the picobirnavirus positive cases. No co-infection with parasites (Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia spp., Entamoeba spp., helminths) or bacteria (Vibrio spp., Shigella spp., Escherichia coli) was detected among the picobirnavirus positive cases. There was a single instance of co-infection with Salmonella spp. (n=1). PBVs not associated with serious diarrhoea illness and showing large genome profile (2.3-2.6 and 1.5-1.9kbp for segment 1 and 2, respectively) have earlier been reported in adult individuals and recently among children from a slum community in Kolkata, India. The short genome profile PBVs associated with acute watery diarrhoea may be another emerging diarrhoeagenic virus in Kolkata, India. Molecular characterization using reported primers PicoB25-PicoB43 for Genogroup I and PicoB23-PicoB24 for Genogroup II in RT-PCR showed the presence of Genogroup I PBVs (n=6) and Genogroup II PBVs (n=5), while some could not be amplified (n=3) with these primers. Sequence analysis of Genogroup I amplicons indicated remarkable sequence heterogeneity. After more than a decade, four PBV positives of Genogroup II were detected during this study. Phylogenetic analysis showed varying degree of genetic diversity amongst PBV strains from Kolkata and other countries.
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- Rittwika Bhattacharya
- Division of Molecular Virology, Diarrhoeal Disease Research and Control Center, National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, P33 CIT Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700010, West Bengal, India
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- George Davey Smith
- Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK.
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Garg P. Evaluation of an algorithm for persistent/ chronic diarrhea in children at a community hospital adjoining slums in Agra, north India. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2006; 37:508-14. [PMID: 17120971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate an algorithm for the management of children with persistent/chronic diarrhea at a community level hospital. The study was carried out in the pediatric OPD of a 150 bed trust hospital catering to children from poor, rural and urban slums. Fifty clinically stable children (6 months-5 years old, mean = 19.7 months) with persistent or chronic diarrhea refusing admission, being managed on an outpatient basis, were enrolled prospectively. A detailed history and physical examination were done for each child to ascertain the cause of diarrhea. They were managed using a pre-tested simplified algorithm and monitored for symptom improvement using a questionnaire 15 days, 1 month and 3 months after initiation of therapy. The average cost for treatment of each child was also calculated. Twenty-one (42%) children had persistent diarrhea. Seven (14%) infants with a typical history of lactose malabsorption responded to a trial of WHO feeding protocols or lactose/sucrose free milk. Four (8%) infants had chronic non-specific diarrhea. A total of 71.8% (28/39) of children were treated satisfactorily with albendazole or metronidazole and Cotrimaxazole along with hematinics and multivitamins. Three (6%) children were diagnosed with abdominal tuberculosis. Four (8%) had raised anti-tissue tranglutaminase antibodies (age 18-34 months). The algorithm used was successful in managing all the children with chronic diarrhea. The average cost per managed case was US$10. Further, multi-center evaluations of similar algorithms are needed to validate the observations in the present study.
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- Pankaj Garg
- Department of Pediatrics, Shanti Mangalick Hospital, Agra (UP), India.
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Maezono S, Sugimoto KI, Sakamoto KI, Ohmori M, Hishikawa S, Mizuta K, Kawarasaki H, Watanabe Y, Fujimura A. Elevated blood concentrations of calcineurin inhibitors during diarrheal episode in pediatric liver transplant recipients: involvement of the suppression of intestinal cytochrome P450 3A and P-glycoprotein. Pediatr Transplant 2005; 9:315-23. [PMID: 15910387 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2005.00315.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We encountered two cases of pediatric living-related liver transplant recipients who showed increases in blood concentration of cyclosporine or tacrolimus, a dual substrate for cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A and P-glycoprotein (P-gp), during a diarrheal episode. To investigate the effect of intestinal inflammation on the metabolic and efflux pump activities, we conducted the experiments using the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced intestinal damage model. Intestinal epithelial CYP3A activity was assessed by nifedipine oxidation using intestinal epithelial microsomes in rat. Drug efflux by P-gp was tested using digoxin flux with the excised intestine perfusion system in rats. Intraperitoneal injection of LPS (0.3 mg/kg) significantly reduced the intestinal epithelial CYP3A activity by 41% (p < 0.01). In the proximal jejunal segment of the rats treated with LPS, mucosal to serosal flux of digoxin was significantly enhanced compared to that of control (p < 0.05). Efflux of digoxin, which was taken up by intestinal epithelium, to mucosal perfusate was significantly blunted in the jejunum treated with LPS (p < 0.05), which indicates that the LPS treatment reduced the P-gp activity in rat small intestine. These findings suggest that the suppression of CYP3A and P-gp activities may be involved in the mechanism of elevated blood concentrations of cyclosporine and tacrolimus during enteritis-induced diarrhea. To prevent a drug-induced adverse effect, dose of a drug, which is a substrate of CYP3A or P-gp, should be reduced during such an episode.
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- Sachiko Maezono
- Center for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Jichi Medical School Hospital, Minamikawachi, Japan
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Alam NH, Meier R, Sarker SA, Bardhan PK, Schneider H, Gyr N. Partially hydrolysed guar gum supplemented comminuted chicken diet in persistent diarrhoea: a randomised controlled trial. Arch Dis Child 2005; 90:195-9. [PMID: 15665181 PMCID: PMC1720249 DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.040089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Partially hydrolysed guar gum (Benefiber) added to a diet is fermented in the colon, producing short chain fatty acids, which improve intestinal function, including colonic salt and water absorption. AIMS To evaluate the effect of Benefiber supplemented comminuted chicken diet in the treatment of persistent diarrhoea. METHODS One hundred and sixteen children (aged 5-24 months), presenting to Dhaka Hospital with a history of watery diarrhoea for more than 14 days (persistent diarrhoea), were randomised to receive either: (1) comminuted chicken diet with Benefiber (study diet); or (2) comminuted chicken diet without Benefiber (control diet). The study period was seven days. RESULTS Of 116 children, 57 received the study diet and 59 received the control diet. Diarrhoea resolved in a greater number of children with the study than with the control diet (46/55 (84%) v 36/58 (62%); odds ratio 3.12, 95% CI 1.19 to 8.4). Survival analysis for the duration of diarrhoea also showed a reduced duration of diarrhoea in children receiving the study diet. There was also a trend in daily stool reduction in children receiving the study diet, significant on days 4-7. CONCLUSION Results show that Benefiber supplemented comminuted chicken diet enhances recovery of children with persistent diarrhoea, indicating its therapeutic potential.
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- N H Alam
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
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- James P Keating
- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Irritable bowel syndrome is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder that affects children and adults. The lack of consensus diagnostic criteria and pathophysiologic understanding has hampered clinical progress in diagnosing and treating this disorder. The recent development of the Rome diagnostic criteria, mapping of brain-gut pathways using neuroimaging, and serotonergic pharmacology have greatly advanced the field. Chronic and acute life stress, especially during childhood, has been recognized as central to the initiation of the disorder and the induction of acute symptoms. We propose a developmental continuum whereby the clinical presentation of irritable bowel syndrome changes with age from irritability during infancy, to diarrhea in toddlers, to recurring abdominal pain during school age, and to pain and altered bowel habits during later adolescence and adulthood.
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- Andres Besedovsky
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Children's Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children's Plaza, #57, Chicago, IL 60614-3394, USA
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Rabbani GH, Teka T, Saha SK, Zaman B, Majid N, Khatun M, Wahed MA, Fuchs GJ. Green banana and pectin improve small intestinal permeability and reduce fluid loss in Bangladeshi children with persistent diarrhea. Dig Dis Sci 2004; 49:475-84. [PMID: 15139502 DOI: 10.1023/b:ddas.0000020507.25910.cf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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To evaluate the effects of green banana and pectin (nondigestible, dietary sources of colonic shortchain fatty acids [SCFA]) on intestinal permeability, 57 boys (5-12 months) with persistent diarrhea (> or = 14 days) were given a week's treatment with a rice-based diet containing either cooked green banana (n = 19), pectin (n = 17), or rice diet alone (n = 21). Intestinal permeability was assessed before and after treatment by giving a lactulose-mannitol (LM) drink and measuring urinary recovery after 5 hr. Treatment with banana significantly (P < 0.05) reduced lactulose recovery, increased mannitol recovery, and decreased the LM ratio, indicating improvement of permeability. Pectin produced similar results. Permeability changes were associated with a 50% reduction in stool weights which correlated strongly (green banana, r2 = 0.84, pectin, r2 = 0.86) with the LM ratio. Green banana-derived and SCFA-mediated stimulation of colonic as well as small bowel absorption is responsible for their antidiarrheal effects. The antidiarrheal effects of green banana and pectin are mediated by improvement of small intestinal permeability in addition to their known colonotrophic effects.
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- G H Rabbani
- Physiology Laboratory, Clinical Sciences Division, Clinical Service and Research Centre, ICDDR, B: Centre Health and Population Research, Bangladesh, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
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Olives JP. [Acute diarrhoea in the child and in the adult (with treatment). I. In the child]. Rev Prat 2003; 53:2053-63. [PMID: 15008222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Moore SR, Lima AA, Conaway MR, Schorling JB, Soares AM, Guerrant RL. Early childhood diarrhoea and helminthiases associate with long-term linear growth faltering. Int J Epidemiol 2001; 30:1457-64. [PMID: 11821364 DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.6.1457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although the acute mortality from diarrhoeal diseases is well recognized, the potentially prolonged impact of early childhood diarrhoea on background growth and development is often overlooked. To examine the magnitude and duration of the association of early childhood enteric infections with growth faltering in later childhood, we investigated associations of early childhood diarrhoea (0-2 years) and intestinal helminthiases with nutritional status from age 2 to 7 years. METHODS Twice-weekly diarrhoea surveillance and quarterly anthropometrics were followed from 1989 to 1998 in 119 children born into a Northeast Brazilian shantytown. RESULTS Diarrhoea burdens at 0-2 years old were significantly associated with growth faltering at ages 2-7 years, even after controlling for nutritional status in infancy, helminthiases at 0-2 years old, family income, and maternal education by Pearson correlation, multivariate linear regression, and repeat measures analysis. The average 9.1 diarrhoeal episodes before age 2 years was associated with a 3.6 cm (95% CI : 0.6-6.6 cm) growth shortfall at age 7 years. Early childhood helminthiasis was also associated with linear growth faltering and a further 4.6 cm shortfall (95% CI : 0.8-7.9 cm) at age 7 years. CONCLUSIONS Early childhood diarrhoea and helminthiases independently associate with substantial linear growth shortfalls that continue beyond age 6 years. Targeted interventions for their control may have profound and lasting growth benefits for children in similar settings.
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- S R Moore
- Division of Geographic and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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Rotavirus diarrhea is a major cause of infantile gastroenteritis worldwide. This review is mainly devoted to the effects of Rotavirus on intestinal epithelial transport and to the pathophysiological mechanisms proposed to underlie the intestinal fluid secretion caused by the virus.
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- O Lundgren
- Department of Physiology, Box 432, S-405 30 Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Li N, Yao Y, Ou Q. [Preliminary investigation of the relationship between liver lesion and relevant factors in young children with rotavirus diarrhea]. Zhonghua Shi Yan He Lin Chuang Bing Du Xue Za Zhi 2001; 15:51-4. [PMID: 12526304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the possibility of liver lesion and its relationship with the relative factors in young children with rotavirus(RV) diarrhea. METHODS The values of ALT and AST in sera of young children with RV diarrhea were measured to be compared with those of common diarrhea and were analyzed with the multifactors about diarrhea. The genomes of RV from blood serum were tested with reverse-nest polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS Of the 41 young children with RV diarrhea, 15(36.6%) and 32 cases (75.6%) were abnormally higher in the level of ALT and AST respectively and both the ratio and degree of increase were significant in comparison with that in control group. There was no significant relation between the changes of the values of ALT and AST and the clinical manifestation of diarrhea. 4 out of 41 cases were found to be positive of viremia. CONCLUSION RV infection might spread from intestine to blood and to other organs resulting in viremia, and the liver may be one of the organs involved.
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- N Li
- Department of Pediatrics, Nanfang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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The study was undertaken to determine the frequency of occurrence of vitamin K deficiency in infants with diarrhoeal illness. Infants were categorized into four groups as follows: A(acute diarrhoea), B(protracted diarrhoea) C(intractable diarrhoea) and D(healthy controls). Screening coagulation tests, PT and PTTK along with estimation of functional activity and total antigenic levels of prothrombin were performed. The ratio of functional to total prothrombin was calculated. PT was prolonged in 30% (24/75) of all infants with diarrhoea as compared to controls where the abnormality was observed in 11.1% infants (2/18). The ratio of functional to total prothrombin was significantly lower in infants with diarrhoea, the mean +/- SD values being 0.65 +/- 0.41 vs 1.1 +/- 0.26. This difference was statistically highly significant (p < 0.001). Low ratio was observed in 57.3% (43/75) infants with diarrhoea. Thus functional to total prothrombin ratio identified approximately twice as many diarrhoeal infants with vitamin K deficiency as compared to PT alone. There was no significant correlation with breast feeding as the only mode of diet, or the prior administration of antibiotics in infants with diarrhoea. The inherent malabsorptive state in diarrhoea may be a major contributory factor.
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- R Kumar
- Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Advanced Pediatric Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160012
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Over the past decade, a G4P[6] strain has been found to be circulating in different neonatal wards in the Pretoria area. This endemic strain was associated with both asymptomatic and symptomatic infection, providing the opportunity to undertake a molecular study of some of the putative "virulence" genes. The genes encoding NSP4, VP8*, and VP7 of two asymptomatic and two Symptomatic strains were sequenced and compared with ST3. Within each of these genes, amino acid substitutions unique to South African strains were recorded. Four conserved amino acid differences between asymptomatic and symptomatic strains at aa 82 (serine to leucine), aa 114 (aspartic acid to glutamic acid), aa 138 (proline to threonine), and aa 169 (leucine to serine) were identified within the NSP4 gene. The hypervariable region of VP8* exhibited 10 specific amino acid differences (at aa 73, 78, 98, 111, 116, 142, 145, 167, 169, and 188) between asymptomatic and symptomatic strains, while three amino acid substitutions within VP7 were noted. These changes to VP7 occurred within the glycosylation site at aa 70 (leucine to serine), at antigenic region A (aa 96, asparagine to threonine), and at aa 318 (aspartic acid to glycine). It may be speculated that these changes are specific to G4P[6] strains. Furthermore, the observed substitutions may also be particular to South African strains. NSP4, VP8*, and VP7 have been associated with virulence and the amino acid substitutions within these genes correlate with both asymptomatic and symptomatic infection observed in neonates.
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- C T Pager
- MRC/MEDUNSA Diarrhoeal Pathogens Research Unit, MEDUNSA, Pretoria, South Africa
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OBJECTIVE To assess the validity of the use of a blood specimen for the sugar permeability test because of the high failure rate of 5-hour urine collection in young children with diarrhea. STUDY DESIGN Simultaneous 5-hour urine collections and timed blood tests were taken after ingestion of an isotonic solution of lactulose (L) and L-rhamnose (R) in 24 children with acute gastroenteritis and 25 children without diarrhea in a control group. Sugars were measured with high performance liquid chromatography, and the percent of recovered sugars was expressed as an L-R ratio. RESULTS With acute gastroenteritis the geometric mean L-R ratios (95% confidence intervals) were 12.4 (9.3 to 16.3) in urine and 9.4 (6.7 to 13.1) in blood compared with 6.7 (5.0 to 8.8) and 5.9 (4.4 to 7.8), respectively, in the control group. The level of agreement (kappa) among normal, intermediate, and high ratios for blood and urine was 0.71 (0.51 to 0.92). The failure rate of L-R tests was significantly reduced with a blood specimen (urine 37% vs blood 10%; P <.0001). CONCLUSIONS Intestinal permeability testing on a blood specimen is a valid alternative to urine collection in young children and has a significantly lower test failure rate.
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- A M Haase
- NT Clinical School (Flinders University), Royal Darwin Hospital, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia
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OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of different feeding frequencies on the speed of recovery from diarrhoea. METHODS A randomised, non-blinded trial provided 0.452 MJ/kg/day as either 6 or 12 feeds of cows' milk each day to 262 hospitalised male infants aged 3-12 months with acute diarrhoea. Stool frequency, stool weight, body weight, and diarrhoea complications were monitored until recovery or for 14 days. RESULTS A proportional hazards regression model controlling for age, diarrhoea aetiology, and severity of dehydration on admission revealed that the frequently fed group had a significantly shorter duration of diarrhoea (hazards ratio, 1.29; 95% confidence interval, 1.002 to 1.653). Frequently fed infants had a significantly greater weight gain and significantly lower faecal frequency and faecal weight. CONCLUSIONS Breast feeding remains the preferred method of feeding infants with acute diarrhoea, but feeding cows' milk to adequately nourished infants with acute diarrhoea is safe and is more rapidly effective if provided in frequent feeds with low energy loads.
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- C Wan
- Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
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Banajeh SM, Hussein RF. The impact of breastfeeding on serum electrolytes in infants hospitalized with severe dehydrating diarrhoea in Yemen. Ann Trop Paediatr 1999; 19:371-6. [PMID: 10716032 DOI: 10.1080/02724939992220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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The effect of breastfeeding on serum electrolytes and case fatality was studied in a group of 430 children admitted with severe dehydrating diarrhoea. Hyponatraemia and hypokalaemia were significantly more prevalent in infants who were exclusively bottle-fed (37.3% and 46.3%) compared with exclusively breastfed (12.2% and 16.7%) and among bottle-fed weaning children (46.3% and 62.6%) compared with weaning children who continued to breastfeed (24.7% and 36.7%, respectively). Mortality was lower in exclusively breastfed children (4.4%) than in those receiving formula feeds (16.4%); it was also lower in weaning children who continued to receive breast-milk (6%) than in bottle-fed weaning children (13.8%). Breastfeeding significantly reduces case fatality and the likelihood of electrolyte disturbances among infants hospitalized with severe dehydrating diarrhoea.
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- S M Banajeh
- Department of Paediatrics, Sana'a University, Yemen.
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Guerrant DI, Moore SR, Lima AA, Patrick PD, Schorling JB, Guerrant RL. Association of early childhood diarrhea and cryptosporidiosis with impaired physical fitness and cognitive function four-seven years later in a poor urban community in northeast Brazil. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1999; 61:707-13. [PMID: 10586898 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 332] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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To determine potential, long-term deficits associated with early childhood diarrhea and parasitic infections, we studied the physical fitness (by the Harvard Step Test) and cognitive function (by standardized tests noted below) of 26 children who had complete surveillance for diarrhea in their first 2 years of life and who had continued surveillance until 6-9 years of age in a poor urban community (favela) in Fortaleza in northeast Brazil. Early childhood diarrhea at 0-2 years of age correlated with reduced fitness by the Harvard Step Test at 6-9 years of age (P = 0.03) even after controlling for anthropometric and muscle area effects, anemia, intestinal helminths, Giardia infections, respiratory illnesses, and socioeconomic variables. Early childhood cryptosporidial infections (6 with diarrhea and 3 without diarrhea) were also associated with reduced fitness at 6-9 year of age, even when controlling for current nutritional status. Early diarrhea did not correlate with activity scores (P = 0.697), and early diarrhea remained significantly correlated with fitness scores (P = 0.035) after controlling for activity scores. Early diarrhea burdens also correlated in pilot studies with impaired cognitive function using a McCarthy Draw-A-Design (P = 0.01; P = 0.017 when controlling for early helminth infections), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children coding tasks (P = 0.031), and backward digit span tests (P = 0.045). These findings document for the first time a potentially substantial impact of early childhood diarrhea and cryptosporidial infections on subsequent functional status. If confirmed, these findings have major implications for calculations of global disability adjusted life years and for the importance and potential cost effectiveness of targeted interventions for early childhood diarrhea.
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- D I Guerrant
- Department of Health and Sports Science, University of Richmond, Virginia 23173, USA
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Catassi C, Fabiani E, Spagnuolo MI, Barera G, Guarino A. Severe and protracted diarrhea: results of the 3-year SIGEP multicenter survey. Working Group of the Italian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology (SIGEP). J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1999; 29:63-8. [PMID: 10400106 DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199907000-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The spectrum of severe and protracted diarrhea (SPD), previously defined as intractable diarrhea, has changed during the past several decades. Despite recent advances in determining the cause of SPD and in treatment, this syndrome still represents a challenge and is becoming a major problem affecting health care resources. This study was conducted to characterize the epidemiology, spectrum of causes, and the outcome of SPD in Italy in recent years. METHODS All the SPD cases seen at the major centers of pediatric gastroenterology in Italy during a 3-year period (1993-1996) were recruited in this multicenter, prospective survey. RESULTS Thirty-two children (26 boys and 6 girls; median age at the onset of SPD, 40 days) were enrolled in this study by 9 of 26 participating centers. Twelve were newly diagnosed cases, with an estimated SPD incidence rate in Italy of 0.64 to 0.92 x 10(-5) infants per year. The most common causes were autoimmune enteropathy (n = 8) and ultrastructural abnormalities of the enterocyte (n = 7), whereas food intolerance and postenteritis syndrome were less frequent (3 and 2 cases, respectively). Two children with autoimmune enteropathy fulfilled the criteria for the X-linked variant of this condition. At the end of the study period, 9 of 31 patients had recovered, 15 still had diarrhea, and 7 had died. CONCLUSIONS Severe and protracted diarrhea is a rare but challenging problem in Italy. Because parenteral nutrition or intestinal transplantation are the only options in a subset of cases (e.g., ultrastructural abnormalities of the enterocyte), infants with SPD should be referred to specialized centers where advanced diagnostic and therapeutic facilities are available.
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- C Catassi
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Ancona, Italy
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Pang XL, Joensuu J, Hoshino Y, Kapikian AZ, Vesikari T. Rotaviruses detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in acute gastroenteritis during a trial of rhesus-human reassortant rotavirus tetravalent vaccine: implications for vaccine efficacy analysis. J Clin Virol 1999; 13:9-16. [PMID: 10405887 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6532(98)00013-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Rotaviruses are routinely diagnosed by detection of rotavirus antigen in stools using an enzyme immunoassay (EIA). A sensitive method, like reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), may reveal more rotaviruses, but the clinical significance of such findings is not well established. OBJECTIVES To study whether RT-PCR can detect more episodes of rotavirus-associated gastroenteritis than EIA and to determine how rotavirus RT-PCR findings might change efficacy analysis of a rotavirus vaccine trial, in which the outcome measure was rotavirus gastroenteritis diagnosis with EIA. STUDY DESIGN We applied RT-PCR for detection of rotaviruses in gastroenteritis episodes encountered in an efficacy trial of rhesus-human reassortant rotavirus tetravalent (RRV-TV) vaccine, in a total of 2398 infants. During a follow-up, covering two rotavirus epidemic seasons, 256 cases of rotavirus associated gastroenteritis were detected by EIA; 226 were in the primary efficacy analysis period that included children who had received three doses of vaccine or placebo. RESULTS With RT-PCR, 84 (33%) more cases of rotavirus gastroenteritis were diagnosed than with EIA, 65 of these were in the primary efficacy analysis period. Clinically, cases of rotavirus gastroenteritis diagnosed by RT-PCR were much milder (median severity score 6 on a 20-point scale) than those diagnosed by EIA (median score 11), P < 0.0001. RT-PCR revealed proportionally more G2 and G4 rotaviruses than EIA. G1 rotaviruses detected by RT-PCR were almost equally divided between RRV-TV (25) vaccine and placebo (28) groups, whereas an apparent vaccine protective effect was seen in the distribution of G2 (one in the RRV-TV and eight in the placebo group) and G4 rotaviruses (six in the RRV-TV and 14 in the placebo group). CONCLUSION RT-PCR is a useful tool in the diagnosis of rotavirus gastroenteritis, particularly for cases associated with other than the epidemiologically dominant G-type. Application of RT-PCR contributes to the overall appraisal of performance of rotavirus vaccine.
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- X L Pang
- Department of Virology, University of Tampere Medical School, Finland.
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Guarino A, Albano F, Berni Canani R. [Acute infectious diarrhea in children]. Ann Ist Super Sanita 1999; 34:495-512. [PMID: 10234881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Infantile acute gastroenteritis is still a frequent problem particularly in younger children, with high mortality rate in developing countries and high impact on health costs in industrialized countries. The increased knowledge on its pathophysiology has led to the definition of two distinct mechanisms of diarrhea: the secretory and the osmotic pathway. Investigation on the host-microorganism interaction revealed a complex scenario with sophisticated mechanisms developed by microorganisms during evolution to overcome the host defense system. The latter includes immune and non immune coordinated components, with a major role played by the GALT (gut associated lymphoreticular tissue). Knowledge of epidemiology and of the natural history of intestinal infections has led to rational diagnostic approach with substantial cut of medical costs. Novel therapeutic strategies have been made available with the use of probiotics and of passive immunotherapy together with a dramatic reduction of antibiotic treatment. HIV pandemy raises major problems which need rapid responses.
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- A Guarino
- Dipartimento di Pediatria, Università degli Studi Federico II, Napoli
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Acquired motility disorders in childhood cause a number of gastrointestinal symptoms - principally, recurrent vomiting, abdominal pain and distension, constipation and loose stools. Gastrointestinal motility disorders result from disturbances of the control mechanisms of gut motor activity, which may be produced by organic disease involving enteric nerves and muscle, perturbation of the humoral environment of the nerves and muscle, and altered central nervous system input. In children, both congenital and acquired disease processes may produce these pathogenetic mechanisms, resulting in syndromes that vary in severity from chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction to the irritable bowel syndrome.
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- P J Milla
- Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Steet Hospital for Children,London, United Kingdom.
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Faruque AS, Hoque SS, Fuchs GJ, Mahalanabis D. Randomized, controlled, clinical trial of rice versus glucose oral rehydration solutions in infants and young children with acute watery diarrhoea. Acta Paediatr 1997; 86:1308-11. [PMID: 9475306 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb14903.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A randomized clinical trial was carried out to compare a packaged ready-to-mix rice oral rehydration solution (ORS) to the standard glucose ORS for the treatment of childhood diarrhoea. Children were of either gender, aged 3-35 months, presenting with a history of watery diarrhoea for 72 h or less. The main outcomes examined were stool output, ORS intake, duration of diarrhoea and nutritional recovery during follow-up at 16 d of illness. Stool output in the first 24 h (106 vs 107 g kg(-1)), ORS intake in clinic (93 vs 102 ml per motion) and duration of diarrhoea (88 h vs 81 h) were similar in the two treatment groups. The few episodes that became persistent were similar (2%) in the two groups. The weight gain during follow-up was similar in the two ORS groups.
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- A S Faruque
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka
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We report two cases of microvillus inclusion disease and these are the first cases in Korea. The two babies (one baby had a sibling who died of diarrhea in the neonatal period) had excreted their stools up to 200 ml/kg per day since several days after birth. Workup's included extensive infectious, immunologic, hormonal and rheumatologic studies, all of which were negative or normal. Diagnosis rested on the ultrastructural finding of intracytoplasmic inclusions that contained intact microvilli on electron microscopy. We tried somatostatin analogue (octreotide, 4 micrograms/kg/day), cholestyramine (up to 4g t.i.d.), steroid (prednisone, 2 mg/kg/day) and intravenous epidermal growth factor (100 ng/kg/hr for 2 weeks), but there was mild improvement with cholestyramine (decrease stool volume) and epidermal growth factor (increase the number of microvilli per cell) but no improvement was noted with the other treatments. Although it is a rare disorder and the prognosis of microvillus inclusion disease is poor, it must be considered if an infant has chronic secretory diarrhea.
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- N S Beck
- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Clinical features and laboratory tests that determine carbohydrate in faeces were evaluated to determine which was best able to distinguish between osmotic and secretory diarrhoea in infants and children. For this purpose 80 boys aged 3 to 24 months, with acute watery diarrhoea, were studied prospectively. The faecal osmolar gap (FOG) was calculated as: serum osmolarity-[2 x (faecal sodium + potassium concentration)]. Fifty eight patients were classified as having predominantly osmotic diarrhoea (FOG > 100 mosmol/l), and 22 as having predominantly secretory diarrhoea (FOG < or = 100 mosmol/l). The two groups were comparable in their clinical features on admission, in the results of blood and urine tests, and in the evolution of their diarrhoeal illness. Evidence of steatorrhoea (by positive Sudan III test) and of acid faecal pH on admission were significantly more frequent in patients with osmotic diarrhoea. Mean (SD) faecal osmolarity was not significantly different between the two groups (319 (80) mosmol/l in secretory diarrhoea v 361 (123) mosmol/l in osmotic diarrhoea). Tests for reducing substances in faeces such as Benedict's test--with and without hydrolysis--and glucose strip, all showed a positive and significant association with osmotic diarrhoea (p < 0.05, < 0.025, < 0.05, respectively). The presence of excess reducing substances (Benedict's test with hydrolysis > 2+) on admission was the most sensitive and specific test with the best predictive value for differentiating between the two types of watery diarrhoea.
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Sodeinde O, Adeyemo AA, Gbadegesin RA, Ademowo OG. Persistent diarrhoea in Nigerian children aged less than five years: a hospital-based study. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 1997; 15:155-60. [PMID: 9473879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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To identify possible risk factors for persistent diarrhoea, 307 children with acute diarrhoea presenting at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria over a 10-month period from July 1993 to April 1994 were followed up prospectively until the resolution of the illness. The children were aged 6-60 months. In 36 (11.7%) of them, diarrhoea became persistent (i.e. lasted more than 14 days). This hospital frequency of 11.7% of persistent diarrhoea is, as expected, higher than the figures from previous community-based studies of diarrhoea from Nigeria. The major factor associated with persistent diarrhoea was poor nutritional status. Mean z scores of weight-for-height and weight-for-age were significantly lower in the persistent diarrhoea group, while mean z scores of height-for-age were similar in the two groups. The frequencies of occurrence of undernutrition, marasmus and kwashiorkor were also higher in the persistent diarrhoea group. Therefore, in common with studies from other regions of the world, malnutrition is an important risk factor for persistent diarrhoea in this group of Nigerian children. The implication of these findings is that reduction in the prevalence of malnutrition may be associated with reduction in the proportion of acute diarrhoeal episodes that eventually progress to persistent diarrhoea.
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- O Sodeinde
- Department of Paediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Dutta S, Mondal SK, Saha MR, Sengupta PG, Gupta DN, Ghosh S, Sircar BK. Isolation of Escherichia coli to detect faecal contamination of infants and their mothers in West Bengal. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 1997; 15:173-6. [PMID: 9473882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The present study was undertaken to gain insight into the sources of faecal contamination of infants in rural Bengal. It was carried out in three villages near Calcutta, India, from June 1993 to August 1995 among 148 infants and their mothers. Escherichia coli was used as an indicator of faecal pollution. A total of 725 samples, including hand rinsings of children and mothers, feeding utensils and leftover food were examined. The total isolation rate of faecal E. coli was 30%. The isolation rates from hands of children and mothers were 17% and 40% respectively. The germs from 30% of utensils and 59% of leftover food and drinks were recovered further. The study highlights the precarious hygiene in rural Bengal.
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- S Dutta
- Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beliaghata, Calcutta, India
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Péret Filho LA, Brasileiro Filho G, Penna FJ. Morphological changes of the jejunal mucosa in protracted diarrhea and their correlation with disease duration, weight loss and serum albumin levels. Braz J Med Biol Res 1997; 30:1067-73. [PMID: 9458966 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x1997000900004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The pathogenesis of protracted diarrhea is multifactorial. In developing countries, intestinal infectious processes seem to play an important role in triggering the syndrome. Thirty-four children aged 1 to 14 months, mean 6.5 months, with protracted diarrhea were studied clinically and in terms of small intestinal mucosal morphology. Mild, moderate or severe hypotrophy of the jejunal mucosa was detected in 82% of cases, and mucosal atrophy was observed in 12%. The intensity of the morphological changes of the jejunal mucosa correlated negatively with serum albumin levels. No correlation was detected between mucosal grading and duration of diarrhea or between mucosal grading and weight reported as percentile. After nutritional support was instituted, serial jejunal biopsies were obtained from 12 patients: five patients submitted to parenteral nutrition for 7 to 38 days, mean 17 days, and 7 patients receiving a hypoallergenic oral diet (semi-elemental formula, 3; chicken formula, 3; human milk, 1). In seven cases (58%) a progressive increase in villus height and a decrease in the number of inflammatory cells were noted. Recovery of the morphologic pattern was accompanied by clinical improvement in all patients.
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- L A Péret Filho
- Departamento de Pediatria, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
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González R, Díaz C, Mariño M, Cloralt R, Pequeneze M, Pérez-Schael I. Age-specific prevalence of Escherichia coli with localized and aggregative adherence in Venezuelan infants with acute diarrhea. J Clin Microbiol 1997; 35:1103-7. [PMID: 9114389 PMCID: PMC232711 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.5.1103-1107.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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To evaluate the epidemiological significance of HEp-2 cell-adherent Escherichia coli isolates in diarrheal disease, we performed a study with 513 Venezuelan infants with diarrhea and 241 age-matched controls to determine the prevalence of enteropathogenic E. coli (enteroadherent E. coli, enterotoxigenic E. coli, enteroinvasive E. coli, and enterohemorrhagic E. coli) and their correlation with O:H serotypes. E. coli isolates exhibiting localized and aggregative adherence in the HEp-2 cell assay were significantly more frequently isolated from the patients (8.5 and 26.9%, respectively) than from the controls (1.7 and 15%, respectively). This difference was significant for the group 0 to 2 months of age but for older infants. Regardless of age, E. coli isolates with diffuse adherence were found at similar frequencies in both the patients and the controls. A striking correlation between classic O serogroups and localized adherence was also observed. These findings confirm the pathogenic role of E. coli with localized and aggregative adherence in diarrheal disease, as well as the epidemiological importance of O:H serotyping for characterizing localized-adhering E. coli.
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- R González
- Instituto de Biomedicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Ministerio de Sanidad y Asistencia Social, Caracas, Venezuela
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Yoon PW, Black RE, Moulton LH, Becker S. The effect of malnutrition on the risk of diarrheal and respiratory mortality in children < 2 y of age in Cebu, Philippines. Am J Clin Nutr 1997; 65:1070-7. [PMID: 9094895 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.4.1070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The effects of nutritional status on diarrheal and acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) mortality in children < 2 y of age were examined by using data from a 1988-1991 longitudinal study of 9942 children in Metro Cebu, Philippines. Cox regression methods were used to study the strengths of the associations, possible interactions with birth weight and breast-feeding status, and the effect of additional confounding factors. Nutritional status as measured by weight-for-age was a significant risk factor for both ALRI and diarrheal mortality in the first 2 y of life. Poor nutritional status resulted in a 1.6-fold increased risk of diarrheal mortality for each one-unit decrease in weight-for-age Z score. For ALRI mortality, a one-unit decrease in weight-for-age Z score resulted in a 1.7-fold increase in risk, and for mortality associated with ALRI and diarrhea combined, the relative risk was 2.0. This study provides further evidence that malnutrition is a major determinant of mortality in very young children and it is one of the first longitudinal studies to estimate the magnitude of the effect on cause-specific mortality associated with nutritional status.
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- P W Yoon
- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore 21205, USA
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Willumsen JF, Darling JC, Kitundu JA, Kingamkono RR, Msengi AE, Mduma B, Sullivan KR, Tomkins AM. Dietary management of acute diarrhoea in children: effect of fermented and amylase-digested weaning foods on intestinal permeability. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1997; 24:235-41. [PMID: 9138166 DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199703000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is a strong relationship between diarrhoea, malnutrition, and intestinal integrity. To investigate the effect of different dietary-treatment on intestinal permeability during acute diarrhoea, 87 Tanzanian children aged 6-25 months were recruited to this study when admitted to hospital. METHODS Children with acute diarrhoea were rehydrated and then randomly assigned to one of three dietary treatment groups: a conventional low-energy density porridge, a high-energy density amylase digested porridge (AMD), or a high-energy density amylase digested and then fermented porridge (FAD). Lactulose/mannitol permeability tests were performed on admission, at 3 days, and at follow-up 2 and 4 weeks after discharge. The lactulose/mannitol (L/M) ratios were compared between dietary treatment groups and to a group of age-matched, healthy control subjects. RESULTS Children with diarrhoea had higher L/M ratios (geometric mean 0.85, 95% CI 0.68-1.05) compared with control subjects (0.14, 0.12-0.17) on admission. There was a significant difference in the change in L/M ratio between admission and 3 days between dietary treatment groups in favour of the FAD group (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Dietary treatment and intestinal damage at admission explain 13.5% of the variation in L/M ratio, but when age at admission and age at weaning are included as covariants, 21.9% is explained. FAD porridge seems to be more effective in the treatment of intestinal permeability than AMD or conventional porridge. Urinary lactose concentrations in spot urine samples taken prior to the permeability test were also measured. There was a significant correlation with the L/M ratio (correlation coefficient = 0.62, p < 0.001).
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- J F Willumsen
- Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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Rahman MM, Mitra AK, Mahalanabis D, Wahed MA, Khatun M, Majid N. Absorption of nutrients from an energy-dense diet liquefied with amylase from germinated wheat in infants with acute diarrhea. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1997; 24:119-23. [PMID: 9106095 DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199702000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Addition of a small amount of amylase rich flour (ARF) to a thick porridge instantly liquefy the porridge and increase the energy intake even by sick children. The present study examined the absorption of macronutrients and calorie from an energy dense diet liquefied with ARF in children aged 6-11 months with acute watery diarrhea. METHODS After adequately hydrated with oral rehydration fluid over a period of 24 hours, children were randomly assigned to receive either an ARF treated liquefied porridge (test diet) or a porridge diluted with water (control diet). A 72-hour metabolic balance was performed to determine the absorption of carbohydrate, fat, protein, and calorie. RESULTS Thirteen infants received the test diet, and 15 infants received the control diet. The intake of protein (g/kg/d), carbohydrate (g/kg.d), fat (g/kg.d) and calorie (kJ/kg.d) were 1.97, 20.6, 4.3 and 548 respectively in the test group and those in the control group were 1.12, 13.3, 2.8 and 356. The stool loss of protein, carbohydrate and fat were comparable in the two groups. The absorption coefficient (%) of carbohydrate, fat and energy were 69.6, 61.3 and 65.4 in the test group and were 73.2, 58.6 and 66.7 in the control group. The coefficient of absorption of protein was significantly higher in the test group (37.7% vs. 21.7%). The mean (95% CI) nitrogen balance (g/kg.d) in the test and control groups were 0.064 (0.026, 0.102) and -0.029 (-0.055, 0.003) respectively. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that energy dense diet liquefied with ARF was well absorbed in children with acute diarrhea and there was a positive nitrogen balance that may have a positive impact in preventing weight loss during acute illness.
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- M M Rahman
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Kneepkens CM, Hoekstra JH. [Infant diarrhea]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1996; 140:2026-8. [PMID: 8965938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- C M Kneepkens
- Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Amsterdam
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de Sousa JS. [Acute infectious diarrhea in children]. ACTA MEDICA PORT 1996; 9:347-52. [PMID: 9254533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Diarrhoea is defined either clinically or pathophysiologically. Some epidemiological issues are considered in a global as well as in a national perspective. The main etiologies and pathophysiological mechanisms are referred. Some important natural defenses against intestinal infection are pointed out. Clinical manifestations are briefly described. The main therapeutical guidelines are discussed. Breast milk is referred to as one of the most important preventive measures against acute infectious diarrhoea.
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- J S de Sousa
- Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital de Santa Maria, Universidade de Lisboa
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Zhang WD, Zhou QS, Yang ZL. [Clinical and experimental study on wenchangning oral liquor in treating infantile autumn diarrhea]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 1996; 16:454-8. [PMID: 9387743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Gold-Dampness Syndrome of Infantile Autumn diarrhea treated with Wenchangning Oral Liquor was observed clinically. There were 238 cases in the treated group, the cure rate was 81.9%. In comparing with control group (32 cases in Huoxiang Zhengqi Liquid group, 50 cases in gentamycin group), there were highly significant difference between treated and control groups in the cure rate, markedly effective rate, total effective rate, time for stopping diarrhea and for disappearing of clinical symptoms, P < 0.01 and < 0.001. Clinical practice and animal experiments revealed that the drug had no toxic and side-effects. The possible therapeutic mechanisms were; (1) Anti-Rotavirus, anti-diarrhea; (2) Promote the recovery of intestinal digestive and absorptive function; (3) Enhance the immune function of the body; (4) Inhibit the motility of intestinal tract, Wenchangning Oral Liquor is rapid in action, conveniant in administration and safe, conforming to the criteria for the preventing and treating diarrhea of World Health Organization.
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