Robert E. Black, MichaelH. Merson, Atikur Rahman, Mohammad Yunus et al.
Enteric pathogens associated with diarrhea were studied for two years at a diarrhea treatment center in rural Bangladesh. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) was the most frequently identified pathogen for patients of all ages. Rotavirus and ETEC were isolated from approximately 50% and approxim...
DavidA. Sack, A Eusof, MichaelH. Merson, RobertE. Black et al.
Of 57 male children, aged 5 months to 2 1/2 years with rotavirus diarrhoea, 28 were given oral therapy with sucrose electrolyte solution and 29 were given glucose electrolyte solution in a randomised double-blind trial. All were rehydrated and remained so on oral therapy alone. These patients were c...
RobertW Ryder, DavidA. Sack, AlbertZ Kapikian, J. C. McLaughlin et al.
MichaelH. Merson, RobertE. Black, R E Gross, Bernard Rowe et al.
The usual methods for identifying enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains involve testing for production of heat-labile enterotoxins. To simplify the identification of ETEC, antisera against common ETEC O serogropus were used to identify ETEC in the stools from 618 patients with acute diarrh...
Robert E. Black, MichaelH. Merson, A Eusof, I. Huq et al.
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 (weight and length) of the patient, we studied children with acute diarrhoea associated wi...