starch/diarrhea

Aim 1/Objective 1. Establish the feasibility of oligosaccharide supplementation and twice a week stool collections among 12 C. difficile colonized hematology-oncology inpatients. It will be determined if at least 70% of the oligosaccharide dosages are taken by at least 8 (>=66%) of the 12 enrolled

To conduct an exploratory study to understand the digestive tolerability of resistant maltodextrin (Fibersol-2) in young healthy and diarrhea children aged 1-3 years for 30 children at home and 30 children at hospital in phase 1. Additionally, propose to conduct a placebo-controlled, randomized,

Background: Diarrhea, defined as passage of loose or watery stool 3 times or more in a 24 hour period, is the 2nd leading cause of death in under-five children. It accounts for 531,000 deaths among 5.9 million globally and 7,140 deaths among 119,000 Bangladeshi under-five deaths in 2015. Countries

Forty apparently healthy community runners 18-55 yrs of age was recruited to participate in this study that will require six total visits to the University of Louisville, which included three sessions at the running track at University of Louisville. A about 120 mL of blood was withdrawn from a

Background: Cholera is a serious public health problem worldwide. Recently, unprecedented outbreaks have been seen in many countries including Zimbabwe, Haiti, Pakistan, Nepal, Guinea, Cuba, Congo, and Sierra Leone. These cholera outbreaks cause undue suffering with high mortality and morbidity

To assess the impact on the potato resistant starch on the microbiota, pyrosequencing will be performed on stool samples to determine the original composition and assess any changes over the study period. In addition the impact of the potato resistant starch on inflammatory markers will be assess

- Burden: Watery diarrhea including cholera continues to be a major cause of childhood mortality in developing countries, with an estimated 1.5 million children dying each year. This figure has greatly reduced from approximately 5 million diarrheal deaths annually 20 years ago, a phenomenon often

In Italy, Professor Nicola Scopinaro, after studies in dogs, performed the first BPD in humans in 1976. Because of the lack of blind-loop syndrome and selective malabsorption for starch and fat, the BPD has an accepted risk-benefit ratio compared to the long ago abandoned Jejunoileal Bypass (a

To test the hypothesis that probiotics will decrease the risk of post pull-through enterocolitis by randomizing patients to receive either probiotics or placebo for the first 3 months after surgical treatment for HD. E.1. Design: This study will be a prospectively performed, multi-center, double

Probiotics are defined as "live microorganisms, which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host." Most probiotics are lactic acid producing bacteria that are endogenous to the human GI (gastrointestinal) tract and are commonly utilized in the fermentation of food

STUDY DESIGN This is a randomized controlled clinical trial. Subjects Inclusion criteria: 1. History of acute watery diarrhoea of <72 hrs. 2. Either sex. 3. Age - 6m to 60 months 4. Some or severe dehydration. 5. Wt for Ht <70% of NCHS median: with or without edema. 6. Dark field examination