Mycophenolate Mofetil and Clostridium difficile-associated Colitis by A. I. Dolgushina, A. A. Selyanina, E. A. Mezenceva, A. G. Vasilenko, L. I. Pozdeeva, L. Yu. Zhuravleva, E. R. Olevskaya, E. A. Fedorova

“…Catarrhal ulcerative colitis in colonoscopy, C. difficile toxins in pathogen stool panel. Ulcerative, ischaemic colitises and the graft-versus-host disease were ruled out in examination. …”
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Invagination of the Adductor Loop of the Small Intestine into the Lumen of the Gastric Stump after Pancreatoduodenal Resection by G. V. Balitsky, V. M. Legostaev, T. V. Zema

“…The patient also reported an episode of black stools 7 years after pancreatoduodenal resection for pancreatic head cancer and 3 years after reconstructive surgery by performing choledochoenteroanastomosis. …”
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JOHN RAWLS’ THEORY OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE AND CHIEFTAINCY TUSSLES IN TAKUM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF TARABA STATE 1996-2023 by BAKO KEFAS, SAMUILA TIBWA ABWAGE, BONIFACE TIIVH STEPHEN

“…The paper recommends that the government should immediately take actions that will facilitate the occupation of the vacant stool and the good people of Takum must be ready to embrace the sharing formula that will capture the interest of both kuteb, Jukun , Chamba other ethnic nationalities that sojourned in Takum for the sake of peace and distributive Justice. …”
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A Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of the Stomach Demonstrating a Stepwise Progression from Low- to High-Grade Malignancy by Takahiko Nakajima, Tomonori Ushijima, Atsushi Kihara, Kenichiro Murata, Toshiro Sugiyama, Koichi Tsuneyama, Johji Imura, Junichi Fukushima, Hajime Horiuchi

“…The patient had been followed for a small gastric submucosal tumor that had turned malignant after 8 years of indolence, manifested by tarry stools. The tumor was enucleated, and gastric GIST was diagnosed. …”
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Acute Pancreatitis Complicating Acute Hepatitis E Virus Infection: A Case Report and Review by Hemanta Kumar Nayak, Nitish L. Kamble, Nishant Raizada, Sandeep Garg, Mradul Kumar Daga

“…The diagnosis of acute viral hepatitis E was confirmed by serology and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to demonstrate Hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA in both stool and serum. Patients with acute viral hepatitis presenting with severe abdominal pain should have a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis suspected and appropriate investigations including serum amylase, lipase, biliary ultrasonography and/or contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen should be undertaken. …”
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A Case of Dibothriocephalosis (<i>Dibothriocephalus latus</i>) from Iseo Lake (Northern Italy): An Update on a Persistent Sanitary Issue by Vasco Menconi, Lisa Guardone, Elena Lazzaro, Romina Bottazzo, Valeria Besutti, Patrizia Danesi, Amedeo Manfrin, Andrea Basso, Giuseppe Arcangeli, Luana Cortinovis, Ewa Bilska-Zając, Giorgia Angeloni

“…A month after, the patient found a segment of a worm in her stool. Molecular analysis identified it as <i>Dibothriocephalus latus</i> (syn. …”
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Changes in hormone receptor when breast cancer metastasizes to the colon: case report and literature review by Huimeng Li, Liying Yang, Xiqiang Sun, Zhuquan Wang, Shuangwei Qin, Chengcheng Li, Gongwu Liu, Fengming Xie, Weiwei Gao

“…This report describes a 65-year-old woman with a history of left breast cancer, who presented with symptoms of bloody stools and abdominal pain. CT and colonoscopy results revealed a malignant tumor in the ascending colon, and the patient underwent surgery. …”
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Prevalence and Possible Role of Candida Species in Patients with Psoriasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Aldona Pietrzak, Ewelina Grywalska, Mateusz Socha, Jacek Roliński, Kinga Franciszkiewicz-Pietrzak, Lidia Rudnicka, Marcin Rudzki, Dorota Krasowska

“…We searched databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and http://clinicaltrials.gov) to identify studies involving subjects of any age with an established diagnosis of psoriasis and healthy controls, who were tested for carriage of Candida spp. on the skin or mucosal membranes (or saliva and stool), or presented with clinical candidiasis with microbiologically confirmed etiology. …”
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Persistence of Diarrheal Pathogens Is Associated with Continued Recruitment of Plasmablasts in the Circulation by Anu Kantele

“…In gastroenteritis, the response faded 2-3 and 3–7 weeks after the last positive Salmonella or Yersinia stool culture. Even in symptomless patients, pathogens persisting in the intestine keep seeding plasmablasts into the circulation. …”
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Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections and Associated Risk Factors among Schoolchildren in Durbete Town, Northwestern Ethiopia by Tilahun Alelign, Abraham Degarege, Berhanu Erko

“…Data about the sociodemographic and socioeconomic status of the children were collected using a questionnaire and stool samples were diagnosed using thick Kato-Katz smear. …”
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Nano colonies: Rearing honey bee queens and their offspring in small laboratory arenas by Zachary S. Lamas, Serhat Solmaz, Cory Stevens, Jason Bragg, Eugene V. Ryabov, Shayne Madella, Miguel Corona, Jay D. Evans

“…Here we provide a new system to reliably produce queens and worker brood in the laboratory and describe how this system fits with artificial insemination of queens as a step towards a continuous self-contained source of bees. …”
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Bifidobacterium fermentation with infant formulas is associated with benefits for gut and brain barrier function by Emily G. Knox, Paula Sánchez-Díaz, Colin Buttimer, Sarah-Jane Leigh, Klara Vlckova, Colin Hill, Elaine Kennedy, Jonathan O’Regan, Seamus McSweeney, David Goulding, Maria Rodriguez Aburto, Caitriona M. O’Driscoll, John F. Cryan, Eoin Gunnigle, Gerard Clarke

“…Here, we evaluated the impact of four infant formulas fermented with three Bifidobacterium strains, originally isolated from infant stool, on gut and BBB integrity. Cell-free supernatants from these fermentations were exposed to cultures of T84 colonocytes (gut barrier model) or bEnd.3 brain endothelial cells (BBB model), with and without lipopolysaccharide challenge. …”
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Angelica acutiloba Kitagawa Extract Attenuates DSS-Induced Murine Colitis by Jong-Chan Jang, Kang Min Lee, Seong-Gyu Ko

“…Oral administration of AAK extract (500 mg/kg/day) significantly alleviated DSS-induced symptoms such as anorexia, weight loss, events of diarrhea or bloody stools, and colon shortening. Histological damage was also ameliorated, as evidenced by the architectural preservation and suppression of inflammatory cell infiltration in colonic samples. …”
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Assessment of upper respiratory and gut bacterial microbiomes during COVID-19 infection in adults: potential aerodigestive transmission by Hafez Al-Momani, Andrew Nelson, Hadeel Al Balawi, Dua’a Al Balawi, Iman Aolymat, Ashraf I. Khasawneh, Hala Tabl, Ayman Alsheikh, AbdelRahman M. Zueter, Jeffrey Pearson, Christopher Ward

“…Furthermore, the bacterial richness of the stool and sputum samples was significantly lower among COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU. …”
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Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Screening and Screening Modalities among Patients seen at Federally Qualified Health Centers Funded by the United States Health Resources and Servic... by Megan R.M. Aaronson, Nadereh Pourat, Connie Lu, Jayraan Badiee, Helen Yu-Lefler, Benjamin Picillo, Hank Hoang, Folasade P. May

“…Results: Among 1584 patients ages 50–75, most (56 %) reported having CRC screening, including 33 % with endoscopic screening only, 16 % with stool-based screening only, and 7 % with multiple modalities. …”
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Exploration of different quantitative polymerase chain reaction-based genotyping methods to distinguish Apcmin/+ mice from wildtype mice. by Yuting Sun, Tingyu Zhou, Silin Ye, Effie Yin Tung Lau, Yao Zeng, Jessie Qiaoyi Liang

“…Additionally, all qPCR-based methods determined mouse genotypes by analysis of stool samples, highlighting the applicability of these methods for non-invasive genotyping. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Salmonella, Shigella, and Intestinal Parasites among Food Handlers in Motta Town, North West Ethiopia by Tibebu Yesigat, Mohabaw Jemal, Wubet Birhan

“…Sociodemographic and risk factors were collected using pretested structured questionnaire. The stool sample was collected and examined with direct wet mount and concentration techniques. …”
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Detection and Characterization of <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Escherichia coli</i> O157:H7 in Human, Animal, and Food Samples from Kirkuk Province, Iraq by Hayman Abdullah Ameen Altaie, Maroua Gdoura Ben Amor, Burhan Ahmed Mohammed, Radhouane Gdoura

“…This study aims to investigate the prevalence of <i>E. coli</i> and <i>E. coli</i> O157:H7 in 353 samples collected in Kirkuk from human stool, animal feces, raw and pasteurized milk, and beef hamburgers. …”
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Determining the incidence, risk factors and biological drivers of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as part of the constellation of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) o... by Erika Austhof, Kelly M Heslin, Xiaoxiao Sun, Kristen Pogreba Brown, Caitlyn M McFadden, Caroline Scranton, Ivan Vujkovic-Cviji, Dominic Rodriguez, Laura Falk, Gayatri Arani, Victoria Obergh, Kate Bessey, Kerry Cooper

“…Stool samples will also undergo traditional microbiome analyses (diversity and abundance) and faecal calprotectin assays. …”
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Efficacy of drugs most commonly prescribed at functional gastrointestinal diseases (functional dyspepsia syndrome and irritable bowel syndrome) observational study results by V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. A. Poluektova, D. V. Reykhart, O. S. Shifrin, A. G. Beniashvili, O. S. Lyashenko, A. V. Belostotsky

“…Modes of treatment which included trimebutine demonstrated higher efficacy in comparison to treatment algorithms, which included antispasmodic medications with respect to relief of all symptoms (according to the «7×7» questionnaire data), except for constipation and in disorders of stool consistency (firm stool): efficacy of trimebutinecontaining moods for those symptoms was comparable to those with application of spasmolytic drugs. …”
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