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Application of Biken test (modified Elek test) for sampling of heat-stable enterotoxin of Escherichia coli isolated in Bangladesh[short communication]
The usefulness of Biken Agar 2 as a source of heat-stable toxin for the suckling mouse assay was examined. Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains isolated in Bangladesh from patients with gastroenteritis found to produce heat-stabl... -
Lactational capacity of marginally nourished mothers: infants' milk nutrient consumption and patterns of growth
The consumption of human milk by 58 Bangladeshi infants of marginally nourished mothers was measured during longitudinal studies. Daily milk consumption, as estimated by test weighing, and intakes of energy and protein, as calculate... -
Colonic dysfunction during shigellosis
To study the pathogenesis of shigella diarrhea, we evaluated 11 patients for colonic fluid and electrolyte flux. Methods used were subtraction of the fecal flow rate from the ileocecal flow rate and colonoscopic perfusion of&#x... -
Colonic dysfunction during cholera infection
To study the function of the colon in cholera, 12 patients with acute cholera diarrhea were subjected to measurements of ileocecal flow rates, fecal flow rates, and ionic compositions of stool and ileocecal fluid. Subtraction&#... -
Protozoal enteric infections among expatriates in Bangladesh
In order to study the prevalence, incidence, and symptoms of infections with Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica, we followed 251 expatriates in Bangladesh over a 1-year period. Microscopic examination of fecal specimens was p... -
Antibiotic resistance patterns of Vibrio mimicus isolated from human and environmental sources in Bangladesh
Twenty-five environmental and 19 clinical strains of Vibrio mimicus were tested for antibiotic susceptibility patterns. Environmental strains were resistant to streptomycin, kanamycin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; clinical strains were susceptible. En... -
Infant mortality in relation to internal migration in rural Bangladesh
In Matlab thana, a rural area of Bangladesh, there is a substantial deficit of males of reproductive age owing to urban migration of males who leave their families behind. These men nevertheless return to visit their ... -
Integrating health services into an MCH-FP program in Matlab, Bangladesh : an analytical update
This is a follow-up to a 1984 study that analyzed the relationship between areal variation in the contraceptive prevalence time series and in the intensity of maternal and child health (MCH) services of the Matlab Family&#... -
A randomized double blind trial of aspirin versus placebo in cholera and non-cholera diarrhoea
A randomized double blind controlled clinical trial was conducted on 30 patients with cholera and 18 patients with severe non-cholera diarrhoea, to study the antisecretory effect of acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). The criteria for s... -
Saliva, breast milk, and serum antibody responses as indirect measures of intestinal immunity after oral cholera vaccination or natural disease
The possibility that antibody responses in serum, saliva, or breast milk samples to oral vaccines or enteric infections may reflect the intestinal immune response was evaluated in Bangladeshi volunteers orally immunized with a chole... -
Persistent protein losing enteropathy in post measles diarrhoea
Faecal alpha 1 antitrypsin was measured in two groups of children with diarrhoea aged 6 months to 6 years during the acute and recovery stages of the illness. Group 1 comprised 19 children with a history of measl...
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Author
- Albert, M. John 120
- Mahalanabis, Dilip 84
- Sack, David A. 82
- Chakraborty, J. 71
- Faruque, A.S.G. 54
- Faruque, Shah M. 43
- Qadri, Firdausi 42
- Black, Robert E. 40
- Clemens, John D. 40
- Khan, M.R. 39
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Subject
- Bangladesh 1022
- Cholera 264
- Vibrio cholerae 186
- Diarrhea, Infantile 163
- Diarrhea 109
- Dysentery, Bacillary 108
- Humans 72
- Child, Preschool 71
- Shigella dysenteriae 64
- Diarrheal diseases 61
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