Introduction: Although experience within Peru suggests clinical and physiological benefits of treating dehydration caused by diarrhoea with Lactated Ringer’s solution (LR) over sodium chloride 0.9%, (NaCl) there is little documented scientific evidence ...
Javier Antonio Cieza +3 more
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Diarrhoea in Kwashiorkor [PDF]
Diarrhoea was a common problem in the kwashiorkor seen in Kampala, contributing to the mortality and delay in recovery. Enteric infection was found in only a few children (8%), but when present it caused particularly severe diarrhoea and was frequently complicated by septicaemia.Sugar intolerance often occurred to lactose and other sugars, both ...
B, Wharton, G, Howells, I, Phillips
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Risk factors of diarrhoea among under-five children in Zimbabwe: A systematic review [PDF]
YesChildren are at a higher risk of succumbing to diarrhoea. Zimbabwe remains one of the countries topping in terms of morbidity and mortality due to diarrhoea diseases among under-fives.
Garatsa, C. +4 more
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Background: Diarrhoea remains a major contributor to global morbidity and mortality among children younger than 5 years. This study aims to provide an updated assessment of diarrhoea deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to air ...
Changhao Zhang +10 more
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Diarrhoea Among Under-Five Children and Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage Factors in Mkuranga District, Tanzania [PDF]
In Mkuranga district diarrhoea was among the top ten causes of morbidity and mortality among children under the age of five. Household water treatment and safe storage also known as point of use water treatment (POU) has been shown to be an effective ...
Kakulu, Remidius Kamuhabwa, Kakulu, R.K.
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Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 [PDF]
Across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), diarrhoea causes more than half a million childhood deaths annually. In addition to this staggering loss of life, more than 910 million childhood cases of diarrhoea per year2 are distributed ...
Local Burden of Disease Diarrhoea Collaborators
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Season of birth and risk of rotavirus diarrhoea in children aged <5 years. [PDF]
This study investigates whether a child's risk of rotavirus diarrhoea is associated with season of birth in England and Wales, countries where rotavirus infections are highly seasonal.
Tam, CC, Atchison, CJ, Lopman, BA
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The burden of diarrhoea, shigellosis, and cholera in North Jakarta, Indonesia: findings from 24 months surveillance. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: In preparation of vaccines trials to estimate protection against shigellosis and cholera we conducted a two-year community-based surveillance study in an impoverished area of North Jakarta which provided updated information on the disease ...
Corwin Andrew L +79 more
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Pseudomonas putida is an uncommon opportunistic pathogen, usually susceptible to antimicrobial agents. Data concerning resistance to antimicrobial agents in clinical P. putida isolates are limited.
D. Bhattacharya +9 more
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The effect of improved rural sanitation on diarrhoea and helminth infection: design of a cluster-randomized trial in Orissa, India. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Infectious diseases associated with poor sanitation such as diarrhoea, intestinal worms, trachoma and lymphatic filariasis continue to cause a large disease burden in low income settings and contribute substantially to child mortality and ...
Clasen, Thomas +20 more
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