Dilip Mahalanabis

Publication List Details

Period

1987 - 2008

Number

127

Co-Authors

Newborn Aides: An Innovative Approach in Sick Newborn Care at a District-level Special Care Unit (2008)

Sen, Amitava, Mahalanabis, Dilip, Singh, Arun K., Som, Tapas K., Bandyopadhyay, Sudipta, Roy, Sutirtha

A Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU), established in a district hospital in India, substantially reduced the neonatal mortality rate in the district; it, however, suffered from a dearth of trained nurses....

Evaluation of Rice-based Reduced Osmolarity Oral Rehydration Solution in Children with Severe Persistent Diarrhoea (2007)

Sarkar, S.A., Alam, N.H., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Fuchs, G.J.

Objective: Evaluate and compare the efficacy of a standard (WHO) oral rehydration solution (ORS) and a rice-based reduced osmolarity ORS in children with severe persistent diarrhoea. Persistent...

Efficacy of tetracycline in the treatment of cholera due to vibrio cholerae O139 (2007)

Hossain, Shahadat, Salam, MA, Rabbani, GH, Kabir, Iqbal, Mahalanabis, Dilip

Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of tetracycline in the treatment of acute watery diarrhoea due to V. cholerae 0139. Methods: A randomized placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial was...

Inhibition of cholera toxin-induced salt and water secretion by short-chain fatty acids in vivo (2007)

Rabbani, G.H., Rahman, H., Mahalanabis, Dilip

Objective: Determine the effect of SCFAs on cholera toxin-induced colonic secretion. Short-chain fatty acids (acetate, propionate, butyrate) produced by the fermentation of unabsorbed carbohydrates...

Cholera toxin stimulates absorption of d-glucose from the adult rabbit small intestine in vivo (2007)

Bhattacharya, M.K., Rabbani, G.H., Mazumder, R.N., Khan, A.M., Hossain, Motaher, Mahalanabis, Dilip

Objective: Determine the effects of purified cholera toxin (CT) on intestinal absorption of glucose. Glucose is known to stimulate intestinal sodium absorption which provides the basis for the...

Risk factors and causes of death in young children after discharge from an urban diarrhoea treatment centre (2007)

Islam, M Aminul, Rahman, M Mujibur, Mahalanabis, Dilip, Rahman, AKS Mahmudur

Objective: Assess mortality patterns, causes of death, and risk factors in infants and young children discharged from a diarrhoea treatment centre. Methods: Five hundred children aged 1 to 24 months...

Rice-ORS versus glucose-ORS in management of severe cholera due to vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal: a randomized, controlled clinical trial (2007)

Hossain, Md. Shahadat, Salam, Md. Abdus, Rabbani, Md. Golam Hassan, Biswas, Rabi, Mahalanabis, Dilip

This study examined the comparative efficacies of rice-based oral rehydration solution (R-ORS) and glucose-based oral rehydration solution (G-ORS) in the management of severe cholera due to Vibrio...

Routine Use of Antimicrobials by Pregnant Indian Women Does not Improve Birth Outcome: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2006)

Amitava Sen, Dilip Mahalanabis, Sanjib Mukhopadhyay, Kamalendu Chakrabarty, Arun K. Singh, Samiran Bisai, ...

Low birth-weight is a leading health problem in developing countries. In a randomized controlled trial, the effect of antimicrobials in pregnant women on improving birth-weight and duration of...

Serum zinc and vitamin A status of malnourished children fed a high-protein diet during recovery Diet during Recovery (1998)

Kabir, I., Rahman, M.M., Haider, R., Mazumder, R.N., Mahalanabis, Dilip

Objective: Evaluate the effect of a high-protein diet on growth, serum proteins, and micronutrient status of malnourished children. Methodology: Sixty-nine children were randomized to receive either...

Absorption of nutrients from an energy-dense diet liquefied with amylase from germinated wheat in infants with acute diarrhea (1997)

Rahman, M. Mujibur, Mitra, A.K., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Wahed, M.A., Khatun, M., Majid, N.

Addition of a small amount of amylase rich flour (ARF) to a thick porridge instantly liquefy the porridge and increase the energy intake even by sick children. The present study examined the...

Death in a diarrhoeal cohort of infants and young children soon after discharge from hospital: risk factors and causes by verbal autopsy (1996)

Islam, M. Aminul, Rahman, M. Mujibur, Mahalanabis, Dilip

Assessing mortality pattern of children after discharge from hospital is important to guide appropriate management policy. We studied young children aged 1-23 months, who were discharged from an...

Hypo-osmolar sucrose oral rehydration solutions in acute diarrhoea: a pilot study (1996)

Faruque, A.S.G., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Hamadani, J., Hoque, S.S.

Based on studies showing improved absorption of hypo-osmolar oral rehydration solutions (ORS) with reduced glucose and sodium concentration, a hypo-osmolar ORS with sucrose replacing glucose (sodium...

Helicobacter pylori infection in the young in Bangladesh: prevalence, socioeconomic and nutritional aspects (1996)

Mahalanabis, Dilip, Rahman, Mohammed M., Sarker, Shafiqul A., Bardhan, Pradip K., Hildebrand, Pius, Beglinger, Chris, ...

The gastric acid barrier, an important host defence against small bowel infection, may be compromised by infection with Helicobacter pylori. In developing countries, H. pylori infection occurs early...

Absorption of macronutrients from a calorie-dense diet in malnourished children during acute shigellosis (1996)

Mazumder, Ramendra N., Kabir, Iqbal, Rahman, M. Mujibur, Khatun, Makduma, Mahalanabis, Dilip

A metabolic balance study was performed to determine the absorption of macronutrients and energy from different food items in 23 malnourished children aged 12 to 48 months with clinically severe...

The effect of L-glutamine on salt and water absorption: a jejunal perfusion study in cholera in humans (1996)

Banik, Arabinda K., Nath, Samir K., Patra, Fakir C., Wahed, Mohammed A., Darmaun, Dominique, ...

To assess the efficacy of an L-glutamine solution on jejunal salt and water absorption in cholera patients. DESIGN: A randomized double-blind jejunal perfusion study. SETTING: International Centre...

Breast-feeding counselling in a diarrhoeal disease hospital (1996)

Haider, R., Islam, A., Hamadani, J., Amin, N.J., Kabir, I., Malek, M.A., ...

Lactation counsellors were trained to advise mothers of partially breast-fed infants who were admitted to hospital because of diarrhoea, so that they could start exclusive breast-feeding during their...

Reduced osmolarity oral rehydration salt in Cholera (1996)

Faruque, A.S.G., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Hamadani, Jena D., Zetterstrom, Rolf

In a controlled clinical trial conducted in 34 adults with severe cholera diarrhoea, the use of a relatively dilute oral rehydration salt (ORS) solution (sodium 67, potassium 20, chloride 66, citrate...

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in infants and family contacts in a poor Bangladesh community (1995)

Sarker, Shafiqul A., Rahman, Md. Mohammad, Mahalanabis, Dilip, Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Hildebrand, Pius, Beglinger, Christopher, ...

Although H. pylori is well established as an etiological agent of type B gastritis and a predisposing factor for peptic ulcer, knowledge about its transmission is unclear. In this study we examined...

Research methodology for developing efficient handwashing options: an example from Bangladesh (1995)

Hoque, B.A., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Pelto, B., Alam, M.J.

Handwashing has been universally promoted for health interventions, but it is essential that the factors related to behaviour are understood in order to develop appropriate handwashing messages. We...

Development of an improved animal model of shigellosis in the adult rabbit by colonic infection with Shigella flexneri 2a (1995)

Rabbani, G.H., Albert, M. John, Rahman, Hamidur, Islam, Moyenul, Mahalanabis, Dilip, Kabir, I., ...

Rabbits are not usually susceptible to intestinal Shigella infection without extensive pretreatment, including starvation and administration of antimicrobial, antimotility, and toxic agents (carbon...

Hyperimmune cow colostrum reduces diarrhoea due to rotavirus: a double-blind, controlled clinical trial (1995)

Mitra, A.K., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Ashraf, H., Unicomb, L., Eeckels, R., Tzipori, S.

The therapeutic efficacy of hyperimmune bovine colostrum (HBC) from cows immunized with four serotypes of human rotavirus was evaluated in a double-blind, randomized trial in 75 boys, aged 6-24...

Role of amylase-treated, energy-dense liquid diet in the nutritional management of acute shigellosis in children: a controlled clinical trial (1995)

Rahman, M.M., Mazumder, R.N., Ali, M., Mahalanabis, Dilip

To evaluate if an energy-dense porridge liquefied by amylase-rich flour (ARF) from germinated wheat increased the calorie intake in children with acute shigellosis, we studied 66 children, aged 6-35...

Alanine- and glucose-based hypo-osmolar oral rehydration solution in infants with persistent diarrhoea: a controlled trial (1995)

Sarker, S.A., Majid, N., Mahalanabis, Dilip

To evaluate the efficacy of a hypo-osmolar and a standard (World Health Organization) oral rehydration salt (ORS) solution in persistent diarrhoea, a randomized controlled clinical trial was...

Administration of 25,000 IU vitamin A doses at routine immunisation in young infants (1995)

Rahman, M. Mujibur, Mahalanabis, Dilip, Wahed, M.A., Islam, M. Aminul, Habte, D.

To investigate whether monthly administration of vitamin A at routine immunisation produces any side-effects, and to examine the effect of this supplementation on the vitamin A nutrition status of...

Comparison of the modified relative dose response (MRDR) and the relative dose response (RDR) in the assessment of vitamin A status in malnourished children (1995)

Wahed, M.A., Alvarez, Jose O., Khaled, Muhammad A., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Rahman, M. Mujibur, Habte, Demisse

The modified-relative-dose-response (MRDR) test and the relative-dose-response (RDR) test were compared in 49 mildly to moderately malnourished Bangladeshi children. The MRDR test had a significantly...

Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole in the treatment of persistent diarrhoea: a double blind placebo controlled clinical trial (1995)

Alam, N.H., Bardhan, P.K., Haider, R., Mahalanabis, Dilip

The efficacy of an absorbable antimicrobial agent trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) in the management of children with persistent diarrhoea was evaluated in a double blind, randomised, and...

Effect of antimicrobial (nalidixic acid) therapy in shigellosis and predictive values of outcome variables in patients susceptible or resistant to it (1995)

Islam, M.R., Alam, A.N., Hussain, M.S., Mahalanabis, Dilip

We observed the clinical features and results of simple laboratory tests on stools of 33 children with bacteriologically proven shigellosis to identify features that could be used to assess the...

Bacterial translocation in the rat model of lectin induced diarrhoea (1995)

Shoda, R., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Wahed, M.A., Albert, M. John

Red kidney beans were fed to weanling Long-Evans rats to cause diarrhoea (mean (SD) faecal wet weight: 2.66 (0.73) g/day in six rats fed beans v 1.12 (0.47) g/day in six control rats, p < 0.01) and...

Hypotonic oral rehydration solution in acute diarrhoea: a controlled clinical trial (1995)

Mahalanabis, Dilip, Faruque, A.S.G., Hoque, S.S., Faruque, S.M.

In a controlled trial, a hypotonic oral rehydration solution (ORS) (Na+67, K+20, Cl-66, citrate 7, glucose 89 mmol/l osmolality 249 mosmol/kg) was compared with a standard WHO-ORS (Na+90, K+20,...

The presence of bicarbonate in oral rehydration solution does not influence fluid absorption in cholera (1995)

Sarker, S.A., Mahalanabis, Dilip

On the basis of human perfusion studies it has been speculated that bicarbonate ions in oral rehydration salt solutions (ORS) to treat diarrhoea are more efficiently absorbed from the small bowel. We...

Comparative trial of five antimicrobial compounds in the treatment of cholera in adults (1995)

Khan, Wasif Ali, Begum, Monira, Salam, Mohammed Abdus, Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Islam, Mohammed Rafiqul, Mahalanabis, Dilip

To compare the efficacy of ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, nalidixic acid and pivmecillinam in the treatment of tetracycline-resistant strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 in adults, a randomized, open,...

Public Health 1995 Jan;109(1):15-24 (1995)

Hoque, B.A., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Alam, M.J., Islam, M.S.

Inadequate handwashing after defecation and anal cleaning practices in the Indian subcontinent is an important source of faeco-oral transmission of enteric diseases. To better understand the process...

Infectious agents causing acute watery diarrhoea in infants and young children in Bangladesh and their public health implications (1994)

Hoque, Syed Samiul, Faruque, A.S.G., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Hasnat, A.

We studied the age specific distribution of enteropathogens in young children presenting at a large diarrhoeal diseases hospital in urban Bangladesh. A 5 per cent systematic sample was used to...

Use of rice-based oral rehydration solution in a large diarrhoea treatment centre in Bangladesh: in-house production, use and relative cost (1994)

Islam, M. Aminul, Mahalanabis, Dilip, Majid, N.

Glucose-based oral rehydration salt (ORS) is an appropriate and cost-effective tool to treat diarrhoeal dehydration. In patients with a high purging rate, particularly due to cholera, rice-based ORS...

Double-blind comparison of oral gentamicin and nalidixic acid in the treatment of acute shigellosis in children (1994)

Islam, M.R., Alam, A.N., Hossain, M.S., Mahalanabis, Dilip

To compare the efficacy of oral gentamicin with nalidixic acid in the treatment of acute shigellosis, we studied, in a double blind-trial, 79 comparable children with bloody diarrhoea of less than 72...

Severity of cholera during concurrent infections with other enteric pathogens. (1994)

Faruque, A.S., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Islam, A., Hoque, S.S.

In a clinic-based case-control study in Bangladesh we evaluated whether children with diarrhoea due to V. cholerae O1 in association with other enteric pathogen(s) are likely to manifest more severe...

An epidemic of cholera due to Vibrio cholerae O139 in Dhaka, Bangladesh: clinical and epidemiological features (1994)

Mahalanabis, Dilip, Faruque, A.S.G., Albert, M.J., Salam, M.A., Hoque, S.S.

We describe the disease spectrum and socio-demographic and epidemiological features of an epidemic of cholera due to a new pathogen, Vibrio cholerae O139, in patients attending a very large hospital...

Maternal and socioeconomic factors and the risk of severe malnutrition in a child: a case-control study (1994)

Islam, M. Aminul, Rahman, M. Mujibur, Mahalanabis, Dilip

To examine the relation of maternal and socioeconomic factors with the development of severe malnutrition in young children. DESIGN: A case-control study. SETTING: A large diarrhoea treatment centre...