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AGENTS OF DIARRHEA

Medical Clinics of North America, 1997
Diarrhea is a common problem for AIDS patients, and is chronic and debilitating. A thorough evaluation will reveal a pathogen in the majority of patients, and the organisms most frequently identified in AIDS patients with chronic diarrhea are Cryptosporidium, microsporidia, and Mycobacterium avium complex.
Stuart R. Framm, Rosemary Soave
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Traveler’s Diarrhea

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2012
Travelers' diarrhea (TD) is the most important health issue among international travelers. In high risk areas, 50-90% of travelers may experience an episode of TD. The risk of acquiring TD is influenced by factors such as the destination, duration of stay, standard of accommodation, type of travel, age of the traveler, and also by individual risk ...
Herwig Kollaritsch   +2 more
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Zinc and diarrhea

Acta Paediatrica, 1992
Malnutrition is a major factor in the etiology, management and prognosis of persistent diarrhea in young children. Apart from inadequate energy intake, deficiencies of several specific nutrients have been implicated. Zinc is a micronutrient that appears to be of special interest, at least in some communities.
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A man with diarrhea

Internal and Emergency Medicine
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Anthony Acosta   +2 more
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Secretory diarrhea

Current Gastroenterology Reports, 1999
Diarrhea, defined as loose stools, occurs when the intestine does not complete absorption of electrolytes and water from luminal contents. This can happen when a nonabsorbable, osmotically active substance is ingested ("osmotic diarrhea") or when electrolyte absorption is impaired ("secretory diarrhea"). Most cases of acute and chronic diarrhea are due
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Parasitic Diarrhea

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1988
This article reviews the biology, epidemiology, and clinical management of amebiasis, giardiasis, and cryptosporidiosis as well as the less common intestinal protozoa, Dientamoeba fragilis, Isospora belli, Balantidium coli, and Blastocystis hominis.
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Diarrhea

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1982
R J, Bywater, P M, Newsome
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Travelers' Diarrhea

2008
This chapter provides details on diarrhea as the most frequent health problem encountered by persons going from industrialized to developing countries. It discusses travelers' diarrhea (TD), which is defined as the passage of three or more unformed stools within 24 hours that is associated with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain or cramps, fever, fecal ...
Herbert L. DuPont, Karen J. Vigil
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The Pathophysiology of Diarrhea

Hospital Practice, 1984
Studies during the past 15 years have established that most diarrheal illnesses are associated with changes in intestinal fluid and electrolyte transport. Focus of intense investigation is on the cellular events associated with active electrolyte secretion and the role of different intracellular mechanisms in initiating the secretory process.
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Deficits in diarrhea

The Journal of Pediatrics, 1947
T HIS paper discusses briefly the development in diarrheal disease of deficits of body water and electrolyte on the one hand and of energy stores on the other, with the purpose of defining features of difference which have relevance to parenteral fluid therapy. Since water and the electrolytes are not destroyed within the body, they will serTe the body
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