Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:  

9052.  Abdo AA, Beck P.  Diagnosis and management of microscopic colitis. Can Fam Physician. 2003 Nov;49:1473-8. Review.

9053.  Di Sabatino A, Ciccocioppo R, Luinetti O, Ricevuti L, Morera R, Cifone MG, Solcia E, Corazza GR. Increased enterocyte apoptosis in inflamed areas of Crohn's disease. Dis Colon Rectum. 2003 Nov;46(11):1498-507.

9054.  Dulguer MV, Fabbricotti SH, Bando SY, Moreira-Filho CA, Fagundes-Neto U, Scaletsky IC. Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains: phenotypic and genetic profiling reveals a strong association between enteroaggregative E. coli heat-stable enterotoxin and diarrhea. J Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 1;188(11):1685-94. Epub 2003 Nov 14.

9055.  Gold BD, Westra SJ, Graeme-Cook FM. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 40-2003. A 14-month-old boy with recurrent abdominal distention and diarrhea. N Engl J Med. 2003 Dec 25;349(26):2541-9.

9056.  Hogan WR, Tsui FC, Ivanov O, Gesteland PH, Grannis S, Overhage JM, Robinson JM, Wagner MM; Indiana-Pennsylvania-Utah Collaboration. Detection of pediatric respiratory and diarrheal outbreaks from sales of over-the-counter electrolyte products. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2003 Nov-Dec;10(6):555-62. Epub 2003 Aug 04.

9057.  Lange S, Bosaeus I, Jennische E, Johansson E, Lundgren BK, Lonnroth I. Food-induced antisecretory factor activity is correlated with small bowel length in patients with intestinal resections. APMIS. 2003 Oct;111(10):985-8.

9058.  Logan RF, Howarth GF, West J, Shepherd K, Robinson MH, Hardcastle JD. How often is a positive faecal occult blood test the result of coeliac disease? Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2003 Oct;15(10):1097-100.

9059.  Lonnroth I, Lange S, Jennische E, Johansson E, Jonson I, Torres J. Cholera toxin protects against action by Clostridium difficile toxin A. The role of antisecretory factor in intestinal secretion and inflammation in rat. APMIS. 2003 Oct;111(10):969-77.

9060.  Marushima A, Matsumura A, Fujita K, Enomoto T, Nose T. Adult tethered cord syndrome presenting with refractory diarrhoea. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2003 Nov;74(11):1596-7.

9061.  Nakamura H, Ogasawara J, Monma C, Hase A, Suzuki H, Kai A, Haruki K, Nishikawa Y. Usefulness of a combination of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and enrichment culture in laboratory investigation of a foodborne outbreak due to Clostridium perfringens. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003 Nov;47(3):471-5.

9062.  Talley NJ, Dennis EH, Schettler-Duncan VA, Lacy BE, Olden KW, Crowell MD.  Overlapping upper and lower gastrointestinal symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome patients with constipation or diarrhea. Am J Gastroenterol. 2003 Nov;98(11):2454-9.

Pathogenesis:

9063.  Apisarnthanarak A, Fraser VJ, Dunne WM, Little JR, Hoppe-Bauer J, Mayfield JL, Polish LB. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia intestinal colonization in hospitalized oncology patients with diarrhea. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Oct 15;37(8):1131-5. Epub 2003 Sep 18.

9064.  Berois M, Libersou S, Russi J, Arbiza J, Cohen J. Genetic variation in the VP7 gene of human rotavirus isolated in Montevideo-Uruguay from 1996-1999. J Med Virol. 2003 Nov;71(3):456-62.

9065.  Clark HF, Burke CJ, Volkin DB, Offit P, Ward RL, Bresee JS, Dennehy P, Gooch WM, Malacaman E, Matson D, Walter E, Watson B, Krah DL, Dallas MJ, Schodel F, Kaplan M, Heaton P. Safety, immunogenicity and efficacy in healthy infants of G1 and G2 human reassortant rotavirus vaccine in a new stabilizer/buffer liquid formulation. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003 Oct;22(10):914-20.

9066.  Ghilardi AC, Gomes TA, Elias WP, Trabulsi LR. Virulence factors of Escherichia coli strains belonging to serogroups O127 and O142. Epidemiol Infect. 2003 Oct;131(2):815-21.

9067.  Haque R, Mondal D, Kirkpatrick BD, Akther S, Farr BM, Sack RB, Petri WA Jr.  Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of acute diarrhea with emphasis on Entamoeba histolytica infections in preschool children in an urban slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Oct;69(4):398-405.

9068.  Harris HA, Albert LM, Leathurby Y, Malamas MS, Mewshaw RE, Miller CP, Kharode YP, Marzolf J, Komm BS, Winneker RC, Frail DE, Henderson RA, Zhu Y, Keith JC Jr.  Evaluation of an estrogen receptor-beta agonist in animal models of human disease. Endocrinology. 2003 Oct;144(10):4241-9.

9069.  Isken O, Grassmann CW, Sarisky RT, Kann M, Zhang S, Grosse F, Kao PN, Behrens SE. Members of the NF90/NFAR protein group are involved in the life cycle of a positive-strand RNA virus. EMBO J. 2003 Nov 3;22(21):5655-65.

9070.  Koci MD, Moser LA, Kelley LA, Larsen D, Brown CC, Schultz-Cherry S. Astrovirus induces diarrhea in the absence of inflammation and cell death. J Virol. 2003 Nov;77(21):11798-808.

9071.  Presterl E, Zwick RH, Reichmann S, Aichelburg A, Winkler S, Kremsner PG, Graninger W. Frequency and virulence properties of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in children with diarrhea in Gabon. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Oct;69(4):406-10.

9072.  Rendon AL, Nunez M, Gonzalez-Requena D, Jimenez-Nacher I, Gonzalez-Lahoz J, Soriano V. Diarrhea related to lopinavir is most often mild and not related to plasma drug levels. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003 Oct 1;34(2):247.

9073.  Shao J, Li M, Jia Q, Lu Y, Wang PG. Sequence of Escherichia coli O128 antigen biosynthesis cluster and functional identification of an alpha-1,2-fucosyltransferase. FEBS Lett. 2003 Oct 9;553(1-2):99-103.

Vaccines:

9074.  Clark HF, Burke CJ, Volkin DB, Offit P, Ward RL, Bresee JS, Dennehy P, Gooch WM, Malacaman E, Matson D, Walter E, Watson B, Krah DL, Dallas MJ, Schodel F, Kaplan M, Heaton P.  Safety, immunogenicity and efficacy in healthy infants of G1 and G2 human reassortant rotavirus vaccine in a new stabilizer/buffer liquid formulation. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003 Oct;22(10):914-20.

Therapy:

9075.  Reller ME, Mendoza CE, Lopez MB, Alvarez M, Hoekstra RM, Olson CA, Baier KG, Keswick BH, Luby SP. A randomized controlled trial of household-based flocculant-disinfectant drinking water treatment for diarrhea prevention in rural Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Oct;69(4):411-9.

9076.  Talley NJ. Evaluation of drug treatment in irritable bowel syndrome. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2003 Oct;56(4):362-9. Review.