Geda, Nigatu Regassa Feng, Cindy Xin Whiting, Susan J. Lepnurm, Rein Henry, Carol J. Janzen, Bonnie
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundChildhood morbidities such as diarrhea and pneumonia are the leading causes of death in Ethiopia. Appropriate healthcare-seeking behavior of mothers for common childhood illnesses could prevent a significant number of these early deaths; however, little nation-wide research has been conducted in Ethiopia to assess mothers’ healthcare-seek...
Fenta, Setegn Muche Nigussie, Teshager Zerihun
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Archives of Public Health
BackgroundDiarrhea is the second cause of child deaths globally. According to World Health Organization reports, in each year it kills more than 525,000 children under-5 years. More than half of these deaths occur in five countries including Ethiopia. This study aimed to identify both individual and community-level risk factors of childhood diarrhe...
Oba, Miho Minakuchi, Hitoshi Yoshida, Tadashi
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Renal Replacement Therapy
BackgroundDiarrhea is one of the symptoms occasionally seen in patients initiating hemodialysis. When they have diarrhea, they need several additional cares for defecation during the hemodialysis sessions and for infection control at dialysis facilities.MethodsWe retrospectively examined the prevalence and the characteristics of the patients with d...
Kong, Qinghui Liu, Suozhu Li, Aoyun Wang, Yaping Zhang, Lihong Iqbal, Mudassar Jamil, Tariq Shang, Zhenda Suo, Lang-sizhu Li, Jiakui
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BMC Microbiology
BackgroundDiarrhea is an important ailment limiting the production of the Tibetan pig industry. Dynamic balance of the intestinal microbiota is important for the physiology of the animal. The objective of this work was to study fungal diversity in the feces of early weaning Tibetan piglets in different health conditions.ResultsIn the present study,...
Gordillo, Christian A Parmar, Sapna Blanco, Miranda Delille, Elsa M Assal, Amer Mapara, Markus Reshef, Ran
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Annals of hematology
Gastrointestinal side effects are the dose-limiting toxicity of high-dose melphalan (HDM) in autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation, but there are limited contemporary data on the incidence and severity of gastrointestinal toxicity associated with this regimen. We retrospectively studied 100 consecutive patients who received HDM alone o...
Stanich, Peter P Lujan, Giovanni Hosmer, Amy
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Gastroenterology
Eom, Keun-Yong Wee, Chan Woo Song, Changhoon Kim, In Ah Kim, Jae-Sung Kim, Kidong Suh, Dong Hoon No, Jae Hong Kim, Yong Beom Park, Jeong Su
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Clinical and translational radiation oncology
We investigated whether serum cytokines including Interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) are increased during pelvic chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in patients with gynecologic malignancies, and sought to identify prognostic factors for the development of diarrhea during pelvic CRT. Patients with cervical or endometrial cancer re...
Yezli, Saber Yassin, Yara Mushi, Abdulaziz Aburas, Alhanouf Alabdullatif, Lamis Alburayh, Mariyyah Khan, Anas
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundFood and water-borne diseases (FWBDs) are a health risk at the Hajj mass gathering. The current study documented the prevalence and management of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms among pilgrims during the 2019 Hajj and assessed their knowledge and practice concerning food and water safety.MethodAn analytical cross-sectional study was conduc...
Dietler, Dominik Farnham, Andrea Loss, Georg Fink, Günther Winkler, Mirko S.
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Globalization and Health
BackgroundAccess to improved water and sanitation infrastructures are key determinants of health. The sub-Saharan African region in particular is lagging behind the ambitious goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to ensure universal access to improved and reliable water and sanitation for all (Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6). La...
Wang, Han Zhao, Jing Xie, Na Wang, Wanxue Qi, Ruping Hao, Xiaogang Liu, Yan Sevalie, Stephen Niu, Guotao Zhang, Yangli
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Infectious Diseases and Therapy
Sierra Leone has one of the highest burdens of febrile illnesses in the world. Evidence of a wide spectrum of febrile pathogens other than malaria has been proven in this study. We considered that the etiology of febrile patients was closely related to local geography, heredity, immune features, economic industry, living habits, air pollution, medi...
