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Clostridium difficile is a bacterium that proliferates when normal colonic flora have been altered, most commonly due to antibiotic use. Clostridium difficile is non-invasive and localized to the lumen of the colon. Once established, it produces 2 potent toxins, A and B. The principal reservoir for

Thousands of people each year are hospitalized for neutropenia, which continues to cause substantial morbidity and mortality for those affected. Neutropenia is primarily caused by chemotherapy and various other cancer treatments, such as radiation therapy, biotherapy, and HSC transplantation. Signs

The colonoscopy with biopsies will be done as standard of care; additional biopsies will be taken for research purposes as detailed above. All of the imaging techniques are part of the accepted standard of care as follows: high definition white light, narrow band imaging, chromoendoscopy, and

Patients in the surgical intensive care unit with severe C. diff. are eligible and if consented will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to a control group or the treatment group. Each group will undergo a colonoscopy on day one of the study. A 14 French Cook colonic decompression catheter will be placed

After the screening procedures confirm that you are eligible to participate in the research study: If you take part in this research study, you (and your donor) will have the following tests and procedures: Donor Lymphocytes Collection: Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell involved with the

This is a randomized cross-over study of zinc absorption in young children living in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Absorption of zinc will be measured from maize tortillas and maize tortillas fortified with 20% amaranth as the major food staple which provides at least 70% energy and at least

Lactobacillus reuteri oil drops are a natural product containing Lactobacillus reuteri (LR), which has traditionally been used for the establishment and maintenance of a well-functioning gastro-intestinal (GI) tract micro flora and prevention and treatment of mild diarrhea associated with GI-tract

All patients will have chest x-ray and pregnancy test (if female) prior to infliximab treatment. There will be total 5 study visits. At each visit, body weight will be measured, abdominal exam will be performed , 2 tablespoonful of blood will be drawn, stool will be collected, a questionnaire will

The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the immunologic and the clinical response to granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF, Filgrastim, Neupogen) administered to patients with Crohn's Disease. Crohn's disease, an incurable, chronic, relapsing inflammation of the small and large

Study Design: This is a Phase I open-label study to examine safety, tolerability and immune response of a multiclade HIV adenoviral vector vaccine as a booster vaccination in uninfected adults. The hypothesis is that this vaccine will be safe as a booster vaccine and elicit immune responses to HIV.

The study patients are randomized before surgery to receive either synbiotics (Synbiotics group) or placebo (Control group). Equal randomization is accomplished using a computer-generated random allocation schedule. The method of allocation concealment is sequentially numbered sealed opaque

Objectives of study are to determine activity of combo of Irinotecan + Temozolomide & to further characterize any toxicity associated w combo of Irinotecan + Temozolomide. Temozolomide administered orally at 200mg/m2 in fasting state 1hr prior to CPT-11 infusion. Temozolomide administered on day 1

OBJECTIVES: Primary - Determine the maximum tolerated dose of umbilical cord blood (UCB)-derived CD4- and CD25-positive T-regulatory (Treg) cell infusion followed by double unrelated donor UCB transplantation in patients with high-risk leukemia or other hematologic diseases. Secondary - Determine

This protocol aims to measure the safety and effectiveness of extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) therapy for maintaining remission of symptoms during withdrawal of corticosteroids from patients with steroid-dependent Crohn's disease. Potential subjects will be asymptomatic or have a low level of

2000 suspected Shigella cases will be recruited from International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research hospital, Dhaka who are presenting with diarrhea at the hospital. A stool sample will be collected from the participants after consenting by the study staff. Stool microscopy will be performed