Introduction: Diarrheal diseases rank as the second most common cause of mortality in
children below the age of five. According to the World Health Organization, persistent …

Persistent diarrhea (PD) accounts for a third of all deaths due to diarrhea in under 5 children.
Its etiology and treatment are poorly understood. So, we aimed to study various host and …

In the West, the term 'chronic diarrhea'applies to diarrheal illness that is 14 days or more in
duration, irrespective of the underlying etiology. However, in developing countries, such as …

Until 1979, diarrhoeal disease accounted for roughly half of all infant and childhood deaths
in Egypt, partly because curative care was largely inappropriate. The National Control of …

Nearly half of all diarrhoeal deaths in children under 5 years of age in rural north India are
due to persistent diarrhoea, which by definition lasts for 14 days or more. This editorial …

Five to ten percent of all persistent diarrhoea (PD) cases require admission in the hospital.
After discharge from the hospital, a considerable number of these children show a failure of …

We performed a retrospective analysis on systematically sampled population of children
under 5 years who presented to the the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease …

Of 1995 children who attended the Diarrhoea Treatment and Training Unit, Aligarh, India,
during June 1992-November 1993, 64 had persistent diarrhoea (PD)(duration> 14 days). 51 …

To identify the frequency and associated factors of persistent diarrhoea in a paediatric
hospital in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, children admitted with acute diarrhoea were …