Ma-Mu-Ran Antidiarrheal Capsules (MMRAC) is traditional Chinese medicine that has been used to treat diarrhea caused by acute enteritis (AE) and bacillary dysentery in Xinjiang (China) for many years. However, the potential therapeutic mechanism of MMRAC for AE and its regulatory mechanism on host metabolism is unclear. This study used fecal metabolomics profiling with GC/MS and 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis to explore the potential regulatory mechanisms of MMRAC on a dextran sulfate sodium salt (DSS)-induced mouse model of AE. Fecal metabolomics-based analyses were performed to detect the differentially expressed metabolites and metabolic pathways. The 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis was used to assess the altered gut microbes at the genus level and for functional prediction. Moreover, Pearson correlation analysis was used to integrate differentially expressed metabolites and altered bacterial genera. The results revealed that six intestinal bacteria and seven metabolites mediated metabolic disorders (i.e., metabolism of amino acid, carbohydrate, cofactors and vitamins, and lipid) in AE mice. Besides, ten altered microbes mediated the differential expression of eight metabolites and regulated these metabolisms after MMRAC administration. Overall, these findings demonstrate that AE is associated with metabolic disorders and microbial dysbiosis. Further, we present that MMRAC exerts protective effects against AE by improving host metabolism through the intestinal flora.
Animals ; Antidiarrheals/pharmacology* ; Capsules ; Enteritis/genetics* ; Feces/microbiology* ; Genes, rRNA ; Metabolomics ; Mice ; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics*

Cryptosporidium parvum is a zoonotic protozoan parasite that causes cryptosporidial enteritis. Numerous outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis have been reported worldwide. Cryptosporidium is transmitted to hosts via consumption of contaminated water and food but also by direct contact with contaminated soil or infected hosts. The present study investigated farm soil collected from 34 locations along the western Korean peninsula and 24 vegetables purchased from local grocery markets in Seoul. The soil and vegetable samples were examined by real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to estimate the risk of infection. Eleven of 34 locations (32.4%) and 3 of 24 vegetable samples (12.5%) were contaminated with Cryptosporidium parvum, as confirmed by TaqI enzyme digestion of qPCR products and DNA sequencing. It is suggested that Cryptosporidium infection can be mediated via farm soil and vegetables. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce contamination of this organism in view of public health.
Base Sequence ; Cryptosporidiosis/parasitology ; Cryptosporidium parvum/*genetics/*isolation & purification ; DNA, Protozoan/analysis/genetics ; Enteritis/parasitology ; Foodborne Diseases/*parasitology ; Humans ; Sequence Alignment ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Soil/*parasitology ; Vegetables/*parasitology

OBJECTIVEStudy on the infection rate,influence factors and clinical characteristic of rotavirus diarrhea in children.

METHODS634 hospitalized diarrhea children was collected from 2006 June to 2010 October. The gold immunochromatographic double-antibody sandwiched assay was used to detect the antigen of Rotavirus directly. The age of onset, incidence, clinical features and multiple organ damage and other aspects were summarized and analyzed.

RESULTS308 cases was detected positively in the 634 specimens, the positive rate was 48.6%. In 6 to 12 months old children 197 cases was detected positively, accounted for 66.3%. Rotavirus was detected all the year round and the positive rate was higher in the first quarter and the forth quarter and was 63.8% and 62. 6% respectively. 68.6% accompanied with myocardial damage, 41.2% with lower respiratory tract infection, 13.3% with liver damage, 14.9% with renal damage, 9.4% with convulsions in 4.9%, accompanied by the damage of blood system.

CONCLUSIONRotavirus is the leading cause of pediatric diarrhea the main pathogens, 6-12 months infants with the highest infection rate, the first, the fourth quarter is higher. Rotavirus infection can cause multiple organ dysfunction.

Child, Preschool ; China ; Enteritis ; diagnosis ; epidemiology ; virology ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant ; Male ; Rotavirus ; genetics ; isolation & purification ; Rotavirus Infections ; diagnosis ; epidemiology ; virology ; Seasons

Chronic enteritis can produce an excess of reactive oxygen species resulting in cellular damage. Stanniocalcin-1(STC-1) reportedly possesses anti-oxidative activity, the aim of this study was to define more clearly the direct contribution of STC-1 to anti-oxidative stress in cattle. In this study, primary intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) were exposed to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) for different time intervals to mimic chronic enteritis-induced cellular damage. Prior to treatment with 200 microM H2O2, the cells were transfected with a recombinant plasmid for 48 h to over-express STC-1. Acridine orange/ethidium bromide (AO/EB) double staining and trypan blue exclusion assays were then performed to measure cell viability and apoptosis of the cells, respectively. The expression of STC-1 and apoptosis-related proteins in the cells was monitored by real-time PCR and Western blotting. The results indicated that both STC-1 mRNA and protein expression levels positively correlated with the duration of H2O2 treatment. H2O2 damaged the bovine IECs in a time-dependent manner, and this effect was attenuated by STC-1 over-expression. Furthermore, over-expression of STC-1 up-regulated Bcl-2 protein expression and slightly down-regulated caspase-3 production in the damaged cells. Findings from this study suggested that STC-1 plays a protective role in intestinal cells through an antioxidant mechanism.
Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Blotting, Western/veterinary ; Caspase 3/*genetics/metabolism ; Cattle ; Cattle Diseases/etiology/*genetics/metabolism ; Duodenum/metabolism ; Enteritis/etiology/genetics/metabolism/*veterinary ; Epithelial Cells/metabolism ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Glycoproteins/*genetics/metabolism ; Hydrogen Peroxide/pharmacology ; Male ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/*genetics/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary

OBJECTIVETo study the incidence of viraemia and extraintestinal organ damage in children with acute rotavirus (RV) gastroenteritis.

METHODSEighty-three children with acute rotavirus gastroenteritis were hospitalized from October 2002 to March 2003, whose blood and fecal samples were obtained on admission. Rotavirus RNA (encoding the VP7 outer capsid protein) were detected in blood and fecal samples by nest reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). According to the result of blood RV-RNA, the patients were divided into RV-RNA positive group and RV-RNA negative group. The differences between these two groups in the severity of gastroenteritis and extraintestinal organ damage were analyzed.

RESULTSEighty-two of 83 stool samples from the children with rotavirus infection were positive for rotavirus RNA. Sixteen of 83 blood samples were positive for rotavirus RNA with a positive rate of 19.3%. The nucleotide sequence of cloned cDNAs, resembling part of the VP7 gene, was identical from paired blood and fecal samples. There were no significant differences between blood RV-RNA positive group and blood RV-RNA negative group in the rate and degree of fever, diarrhea, dehydration, metabolic acidosis, hypokalemia and myocardial damage (P>0.05); while the incidences of liver damage, rash, lower respiratory tract infection and the central nervous system involvement in the blood RV-RNA positive group were significantly higher than those in the blood RV-RNA negative group (P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONViraemia is present in the children with acute rotavirus gastroenteritis. Viraemia might be an important mechanism by which rotavirus spread to the extraintestinal sites resulting in organs damage.

Base Sequence ; Enteritis ; virology ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Myocarditis ; virology ; Pneumonia ; virology ; Prospective Studies ; Rotavirus ; genetics ; isolation & purification ; Rotavirus Infections ; virology ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Viremia ; virology

A molecular study of intestinal samples from 21 broiler flocks with a history of enteritis revealed that 23.8% and 14.3% were positive for chicken astrovirus (CAstV) and avian rotavirus (ARV), respectively. CAstV and group A ARV were simultaneously detected in only one broiler flock. Birds in this group developed the significant intestinal lesions characterized by frothy contents, paleness, and thin intestinal walls. In this report we present an unusual case of runting stunting syndrome (RSS) with a history of high mortality and growth retardation in broiler chickens. We also make the first identification of CAstV and group A ARV in broiler chickens in Korea.
Animals ; Astroviridae Infections/diagnosis/epidemiology/*veterinary/virology ; Avastrovirus/classification/*genetics/isolation & purification/metabolism ; *Chickens/growth & development ; Enteritis/diagnosis/pathology/veterinary/virology ; Intestines/pathology/virology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Phylogeny ; Poultry Diseases/*diagnosis/epidemiology/virology ; Republic of Korea/epidemiology ; Rotavirus/classification/*genetics/isolation & purification/metabolism ; Rotavirus Infections/diagnosis/epidemiology/*veterinary/virology

A total of 74 isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar London were collected through the Laboratory-Based Diarrheal Diseases Surveillance in 2000-2001. In order to characterize the isolates and investigate the source of the epidemic, we performed antimicrobial susceptibility tests and XbaI Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of 44 Salmonella London isolates. Forty isolates were from feces of infants and four isolates were from adults aged 30, 52, 54, and 59 yr. Two subtypes were identified: a tetracycline-susceptible A 0 PFGE pattern and a tetracyclineresistant A 1 PFGE pattern. Interestingly, the isolates from all infants and one 30-yr-old adult were A 0 PFGE pattern and tetracycline-susceptible. Furthermore, the A 0 PFGE pattern strain was approximately 2 times more virulent than the A 1 PFGE pattern strain, according to the results of in vitro invasion assay using J774A.1 macrophage-like cells. These results indicate that the active surveillance with molecular epidemiological tools would be valuable for promptly finding new epidemic strains. Our results also suggested that the virulent Salmonella London strain might infect the infants through a common contaminated source.
Adult ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use ; DNA, Bacterial/analysis ; Diarrhea/epidemiology/microbiology ; Disease Outbreaks ; Enteritis/*epidemiology/microbiology ; Feces/microbiology ; Human ; In Vitro ; Infant ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Middle Aged ; Reactive Oxygen Species/pharmacology ; Salmonella Infections/drug therapy/*epidemiology/microbiology ; Salmonella enterica/genetics/*isolation & purification/pathogenicity ; Virulence

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections are usually diagnosed in immunocompromised patients. A 74-year-old male without any significant medical history visited our center because of abdominal pain and diarrhea which began about a month ago. Abdominal computed tomography revealed segmental enhanced bowel wall thickening on jejunum and single-balloon enteroscopy showed multiple geographic shaped ulcerations covered with exudates on proximal jejunum. Biopsy samples taken during endoscopic examination demonstrated necrotic fibrinopurulent tissue debris and benign ulcer. Nested-PCR analysis of CMV DNA from jejunal tissue was positive. The patient was finally diagnosed with CMV jejunitis and was treated by intravenous ganciclovir for 14 days after which, abdominal pain and diarrhea improved. Our case shows that CMV jejunitis can occur in an immunocompetent adult as multiple jejunal ulcers which can be diagnosed using a single-balloon enteroscope.
Aged ; Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use ; Cytomegalovirus/genetics/isolation & purification ; Cytomegalovirus Infections/complications/*diagnosis/drug therapy ; DNA, Viral/analysis ; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal ; Enteritis/*diagnosis/etiology/virology ; Ganciclovir/therapeutic use ; Humans ; Injections, Intravenous ; Jejunal Diseases/*diagnosis/etiology/virology ; Male ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed