GASTROENTERITIS

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

7220.   Daikh BE, Ryan CK, Schwartz RH.  Montelukast reduces peripheral blood eosinophilia but not tissue eosinophilia or symptoms in a patient with eosinophilic gastroenteritis and esophageal stricture. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2003 Jan;90(1):23-7.

7221.   Farkas T, Thornton SA, Wilton N, Zhong W, Altaye M, Jiang X. Homologous versus heterologous immune responses to Norwalk-like viruses among crew members after acute gastroenteritis outbreaks on 2 US Navy vessels. J Infect Dis  2003 Jan 15;187(2):187-93

7222.   Ferrari M, Scalvini A, Losio MN, Corradi A, Soncini M, Bignotti E, Milanesi E, Ajmone-Marsan P, Barlati S, Bellotti D, Tonelli M.  Establishment and characterization of two new pig cell lines for use in virological diagnostic laboratories. J Virol Methods. 2003 Feb;107(2):205-12.

7223.   Wang CL, Wu YT, Liu CA, Lin MW, Lee CJ, Huang LT, Yang KD.  Expression of CD40 ligand on CD4+ T-cells and platelets correlated to the coronary artery lesion and disease progress in Kawasaki disease. Pediatrics. 2003 Feb;111(2):E140-7.

Pathogenesis:

7224.   Bidawid S, Malik N, Adegbunrin O, Sattar SA, Farber JM.  A feline kidney cell line-based plaque assay for feline calicivirus, a surrogate for Norwalk virus. J Virol Methods. 2003 Feb;107(2):163-7.

7225.   Boddicker JD, Knosp BM, Jones BD.  Transcription of the Salmonella invasion gene activator, hilA, requires HilD activation in the absence of negative regulators. J Bacteriol. 2003 Jan;185(2):525-33.

7226.   Gorski L, Palumbo JD, Mandrell RE.  Attachment of Listeria monocytogenes to radish tissue is dependent upon temperature and flagellar motility. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 Jan;69(1):258-66.

7227.   Hutson AM, Atmar RL, Marcus DM, Estes MK.   Norwalk virus-like particle hemagglutination by binding to h histo-blood group antigens. J Virol. 2003 Jan;77(1):405-15.

7228.   Makino K, Oshima K, Kurokawa K, Yokoyama K, Uda T, Tagomori K, Iijima Y,Najima M, Nakano M, Yamashita A, Kubota Y, Kimura S, Yasunaga T, Honda T, Shinagawa H, Hattori M, Iida T.   Genome sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: a pathogenic mechanism distinct from that of V cholerae. Lancet. 2003 Mar 1;361(9359):743-9.

7229.   Nadan S, Walter JE, Grabow WO, Mitchell DK, Taylor MB.  Molecular characterization of astroviruses by reverse transcriptase PCR and sequence analysis: comparison of clinical and environmental isolates from South Africa. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 Feb;69(2):747-53.

7230.   Oliver SL, Dastjerdi AM, Wong S, El-Attar L, Gallimore C, Brown DW, Green J, Bridger JC.  Molecular characterization of bovine enteric caliciviruses: a distinct third genogroup of noroviruses (Norwalk-like viruses) unlikely to be of risk to humans. J Virol. 2003 Feb;77(4):2789-98.

7231.   Pedalino B, Feely E, McKeown P, Foley B, Smyth B, Moren A.  An outbreak of Norwalk-like viral gastroenteritis in holidaymakers travelling to Andorra, January-February 2002. Euro Surveill. 2003 Jan;8(1):1-8.

7232.   Spiller RC.  Estimating the importance of infection in IBS. Am J Gastroenterol. 2003 Feb;98(2):238-41.

Therapy:

7233.   Britton LA. Microbiological threats to health in the home. Clin Lab Sci  2003 Winter;16(1):10-5.

7234.   Pedalino B, Feely E, McKeown P, Foley B, Smyth B, Moren A. An outbreak of Norwalk-like viral gastroenteritis in holidaymakers travelling to Andorra, January-February 2002. Euro Surveill  2003 Jan;8(1):1-8.