A. Original papers
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Comparative efficacies of pivmecillinam and ampicillin in acute shigellosis
Abstract The clinical efficacies of pivmecillinam and ampicillin were compared in a randomized double-blind trial in the treatment of acute shigellosis. Of 44 adult male patients, all culture positive for Shigella strains,&#... -
Nutritional status, body size and severity of diarrhoea associated with rotavirus or enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Abstract Children with severe malnutrition have an increased risk of death from diarrhoea. To determine if the clinical manifestations of specific types of diarrhoea differed according to the nutritional status or size ... -
A randomized, controlled trial of the toxin-blocking effects of B subunit in family members of patients with cholera
A randomized, controlled field trial was performed to test the ability of B subunit, the nontoxic, binding portion of cholera toxin, to block the toxin receptors (GM1 ganglioside) in the small intestine and thereby prevent ... -
Campylobacter jejuni diarrhea model in infant chickens
Abstract To study the pathogenic mechanisms of Campylobacter jejuni infection, 36- to 72-h-old chickens were fed 10(3) to 10(6) live cells, using strains isolated from 40 patients with watery diarrhea and 6 with bl... -
Transferring health and family planning service innovations to the public sector: an experiment in organization development in Bangladesh
The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, has launched a field experiment in two rural thanas of Bangladesh to test the transferability of its successful health and family planning experiment in Matlab to... -
Cholera in Indonesia: epidemiologic studies of transmission in Aceh Province
To determine the modes of transmission of cholera in the regency of Pidie, Indonesia, and to consider strategies for its control, we set up a laboratory to identify Vibrio cholerae 01 from patients with severe diarrhea... -
Oral rehydration solution safely used in breast-fed children without additional water
Abstract Sixty-four children of age 3 months to 2 years were treated for diarrhoea in a rural treatment centre with oral rehydration solution (90 mmol/l Na+); plain water was not supplied during rehydration. A... -
Malnutrition is a determining factor in diarrheal duration, but not incidence, among young children in a longitudinal study in rural Bangladesh
Abstract Diarrhea and malnutrition are common in young children in developing countries and a reciprocal relationship has been postulated with diarrhea leading to malnutrition and malnutrition predisposing to diarrhea. To investi... -
Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children : promotion of breast-feeding
The feeding literature on the relative risks of diarrhea morbidity to infants on different modes suffers from several methodological problems. 35 studies from 14 countries were reviewed; 83% found that exclusive breastfeeding was pr... -
Changes in the trend of shigellosis in Dhaka: family study on secondary infection, clinical manifestation and sensitivity pattern: 1980
Abstract The incidence of shigellosis and the death rate have increased and the resistance of shigellae to antibiotics has changed in Dhaka during our experiences. In 1980, we investigated the secondary infection and&#x... -
Local and systemic antibody responses and immunological memory in humans after immunization with cholera B subunit by different routes
Abstract A single oral or intramuscular immunization with purified cholera B subunit induced an intestinal secretory immunoglobulin A (IgA) antitoxin response in, respectively, 10 out of 11 and 9 out of 12 Bangladeshi&#... -
Isolation of Yersinia enterocolitica and Y. intermedia from fatal cases of diarrhoeal illness in Bangladesh
From three fatal cases of diarrhoeal illness in Bangladesh, Yersinia species were isolated from tissues at post-mortem examination. One patient was infected with Y. enterocolitica serotype 0:7, 8 and two patients were infected with&... -
Presence of vibrios in surface water and their relation with cholera in a community
During an epidemic of cholera we simultaneously cultured water from 30 important ponds, tanks and rivers of Dhaka city, to determine the role of surface water as a reservoir of Vibrio cholerae and nonagglutinating (NAG) vi...
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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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