Gastroenteritis in adults

Jassas, Burair Al; Khayat, Marwan; Alzahrani, Hussin; Asali, Aghareed; Alsohaimi, Salem Abdullah; ALHarbi, Hesham; AlQadi, Mouad; AlQassim, Mohammed; Mutahar, Afraa; Mahbub, Mamdouh

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“…Gastroenteritis can be defined as an inflammation of the stomach and gut walls derived from microbial infection and leading to diarrhoea, tenesmus, nausea, vomiting, combined with abdominal pain, or systemic symptoms such as fever vomiting, and sometime gross fecal blood loss ( Al Jassas et al., 2018 ). According to Aziz and Bonnet (2008) , approximately one person over ten contracts infectious gastroenteritis during his lifespan.…”

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In vitro antimicrobial activity of Millettia laurentii De Wild and Lophira alata Banks ex C. F. Gaertn on selected foodborne pathogens associated to gastroenteritis

Mouafo¹,

Tchuenchieu²,

Nguedjo

et al. 2021

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This study aimed at evaluating the antimicrobial potential of aqueous, ethanolic and methanolic extracts of two Cameroonian plants against selected foodborne pathogens. Bioactive compounds were extracted from Millettia laurentii De Wild seeds and Lophira alata Banks ex. C. F. Gaertn leaves using distilled water, ethanol and methanol as solvents. The extracts were tested against Escherichia coli O157, Bacillus cereus , Staphylococcus aureus , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Proteus mirabilis , Moraxella morganii , Salmonella enteritidis , Klebsiella pneumoniae and Listeria monocytogenes using the microdilution method. The results showed that distilled water extracted a more important mass of phytochemical compounds (18.0–24.60%) compared to ethanol (4.80–5.0%) and methanol (4.20–4.60%). All the extracts exhibited significant antimicrobial activity with MIC values ranging from 5 to 20 μg/mL for M. laurentii seeds extracts and from 1.0 to 20 μg/mL for L. alata leaves extracts. The different plant extracts were ten times less active than gentamicin. The most active extracts were obtained using ethanol as solvent and K. pneumoniae was the most resistant pathogen to all extracts (MBC>20 μg/mL). M. laurentii extracts were bactericidal against L. monocytogenes and P. mirabilis while the reference antibiotic (gentamicin) was bacteriostatic against these pathogens. The results obtained from this study suggest the studied local plant materials as a source of antimicrobial compounds which can be valorized in the medical field as substitute of antibiotics for which many microorganisms have nowadays developed resistance mechanisms. Further studies need to be performed in order to characterize and identify these antimicrobial active molecules.

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In vitro antimicrobial activity of Millettia laurentii De Wild and Lophira alata Banks ex C. F. Gaertn on selected foodborne pathogens associated to gastroenteritis

Mouafo¹,

Tchuenchieu²,

Nguedjo

et al. 2021

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“…Gastroenteritis involves inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, mainly the stomach and small intestines [ 1 ], and can result from changes in diet, treatment with antibiotics [ 2 ], and infection involving various microbial agents, including viruses, such as rotavirus, adenovirus, and astrovirus [ 3 ], enteric bacteria, such as Escherichia coli , Campylobacter , Shigella , or Salmonella [ 4 , 5 ], and parasites, such as Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium [ 6 ]. It can either be acute or chronic depending on the duration of the symptoms.…”

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Gastrointestinal Infection in South African Children under the Age of 5 years: A Mini Review

Mafokwane,

Djikeng,

Nesengani

et al. 2023

Gastroenterology Research and Practice

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Objective. To estimate gastroenteritis disease and its etiological agents in children under the age of 5 years living in South Africa. Methods. A mini literature review of pertinent articles published in ScienceDirect, PubMed, GoogleScholar, and Scopus was conducted using search terms: “Gastroenteritis in children,” “Gastroenteritis in the world,” Gastroenteritis in South Africa,” “Prevalence of gastroenteritis,” “Epidemiological surveillance of gastroenteritis in the world,” and “Causes of gastroenteritis”. Results. A total of 174 published articles were included in this mini review. In the last 20 years, the mortality rate resulting from diarrhea in children under the age of 5 years has declined and this is influenced by improved hygiene practices, awareness programs, an improved water and sanitation supply, and the availability of vaccines. More modern genomic amplification techniques were used to re-analyze stool specimens collected from children in eight low-resource settings in Asia, South America, and Africa reported improved sensitivity of pathogen detection to about 65%, that viruses were the main etiological agents in patients with diarrhea aged from 0 to 11 months but that Shigella, followed by sapovirus and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli had a high incidence in children aged 12–24 months. In addition, co-infections were noted in nearly 10% of diarrhea cases, with rotavirus and Shigella being the main co-infecting agents together with adenovirus, enteropathogenic E. coli, Clostridium jejuni, or Clostridium coli. Conclusions. This mini review outlines the epidemiology and trends relating to parasitic, viral, and bacterial agents responsible for gastroenteritis in children in South Africa. An increase in sequence-independent diagnostic approaches will improve the identification of pathogens to resolve undiagnosed cases of gastroenteritis. Emerging state and national surveillance systems should focus on improving the identification of gastrointestinal pathogens in children and the development of further vaccines against gastrointestinal pathogens.

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Water pollution in rural areas: Primary sources, associated health issues, and remedies

Ghosh,

Chaudhary,

Sarkar

et al. 2024

Water Resources Management for Rural Development

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Gastroenteritis in adults

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References 22 publications

In vitro antimicrobial activity of Millettia laurentii De Wild and Lophira alata Banks ex C. F. Gaertn on selected foodborne pathogens associated to gastroenteritis

In vitro antimicrobial activity of Millettia laurentii De Wild and Lophira alata Banks ex C. F. Gaertn on selected foodborne pathogens associated to gastroenteritis

Gastrointestinal Infection in South African Children under the Age of 5 years: A Mini Review

Water pollution in rural areas: Primary sources, associated health issues, and remedies

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