Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
Nov 30, 2015
Clostridium difficile infection is often overdiagnosed in patients with mild diarrhea. We evaluated 4 biomarkers as surrogates for clinically significant diarrhea (≥ 3 episodes in 24 hours) in 59 PCR-positive patients with and 59 PCR-positive patient...
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association
Nov 1, 2025
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Diagnosis of bile acid diarrhea (BAD) has been based on 48-hour fecal BA excretion; serum 7αC4 (C4) has been used to screen for BAD. Optimal diagnostic cutoffs for C4 and biochemical measurements in a single stool sample are unknow...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Sep 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy is a standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer, but acute diarrhoea remains a significant side effect, affecting the completion of chemoradiotherapy treatment.
: Diarrhea is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in under-5 children globally, especially in developing countries like Ethiopia. Limited research has used machine learning to predict childhood diarrhea. This study aimed to compare the predictiv...
A 5-y-old female ferret (Mustela putorius furo) was evaluated for diarrhea, anorexia, and lethargy for 1 wk. Only mild dehydration was detected on physical examination. CBC analysis revealed marked erythrocytosis with an unremarkable plasma biochemis...
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