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A 1-year study of the etiology of acute diarrhea complicated by severe (10%) dehydration, active bleeding, shock and cardiovascular collapse, pneumonia, acute renal failure, or seizures in infants under 18 months of age was performed in Cairo, Egypt. Of 145 infants, 19 (13%) died or left the
OBJECTIVE
Clostridium difficile gastrointestinal disease is an important nosocomial infection and is associated with recent antibiotic use. This study evaluated C. difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) over a 2-yr period.
METHODS
All 60 patients with C. difficile enterotoxin in their stools, and
Diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+HUS) is a common thrombotic microangiopathy during childhood and early identification of parameters predicting poor outcome could enable timely intervention. This study aims to establish the accuracy of BUN-to-serum creatinine ratio at admission, in
Congenital sodium diarrhea is a rare cause of secretory diarrhea due to a defect in the sodium/proton exchanger that results in decreased sodium absorption and increased excretion in stools. We report a pre-term baby boy with a birth weight of 1.4 kg who was referred because of rapidly rising serum
A boy aged 3.5 years with post-diarrheal hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) was referred to our hospital because of convulsion and stupor. He had been admitted to a regional hospital with a 3-day history of bloody diarrhea, colic abdominal pain and fever. Two days later, he had complained of
A 60-year-old man presented with severe watery diarrhea for 2 months complicated with weight loss and acute kidney injury. He did not respond well to antidiarrheal medicines, empirical antibiotics and dietary exclusion of gluten or even complete bowel rest. The final diagnosis of autoimmune
Ninety-six infants were studied with water balance technique at the Infant Unit of Hospital Roberto del Río, Santiago de Chile. Sixty-eight with acute diarrhoea and twenty-eight with protracted diarrhoea associated to carbohydrate intolerance. Total water losses in most of them were in the range of
BACKGROUND
Previous biochemotherapy regimens for metastatic melanoma have required attenuated dosages of interleukin 2 (IL-2) that may have compromised efficacy.
METHODS
In a phase 2 study, the authors tested sequential temozolomide (75 mg/m2 per day orally for 3 weeks) followed by high-dose, IL-2
The hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) has been recognized for more than 45 years and consists of the combination of hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. HUS occurs predominantly in children younger than 4 years of age. It is the most frequent cause of acute renal failure in
We describe the clinical and pathological findings of the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in two children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Both patients presented with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and subsequently developed renal failure. The diagnosis of
BACKGROUND
The aim of the present study was to investigate the predictive parameters for encephalopathy in complete hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in a large outbreak of O157: H7 infection in 1996.
METHODS
A total of 182 inpatients, 71 of whom had complete HUS, including 12 patients with
This study described the clinical features and complications of leptospirosis among patients seen at nine tertiary hospitals from September 28 to November 30, 2009 after a heavy rainfall typhoon. The clinical findings of the confirmed cases were compared with the previous clinical studies on
Cogan's syndrome is an unusual multisystemic disease characterized by interstitial keratitis in association with vestibuloauditory dysfunction and possible irreversible deafness, classified into 2 clinical types: typical and atypical. There is disagreement in the literature about corneal disease in