Islam, S., Rahman, A ., Fuchs, G.J., Chowdhury, A.K., Wahed, M.A., Rabbani, G.H.
Objective: Determine the relative effects of different electrolyte solutions in optimizing intestinal absorption of water and electrolytes. Methodology: The rice electrolyte solutions, called...
Roy, S.K., Islam, A., Ali, R., Islam, E., Khan, R.A., Ara, S.H., ...
Objectives: Compare the clinical outcome(s) of treatment of cholera in children with ampicillin, erythromycin, and tetracycline. Methodology: In a double-blind randomized 4-cell trial, 184 children...
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...
Role of nitric oxide in the pathogenesis of shigellosis and cholera in children (2007)
Islam, Sufia, Fuchs, G.J., Chowdhury, A.K., Rahman, A., Miller, M., Rabbani, G.H.
Objective: Evaluate the role of nitric oxide in the pathogenesis of shigeltosis and cholera in children. Methodology: Concentrations of nitrite, a stable metabolite of nitric oxide (by Griess...
Khan, A.M., Bhattacharya, M.K., Rabbani, G.H., Fuchs, G.J.
Objective: Study the invasive properties of Vibrio cholerae 0139 Bengal. Methodology: Adult New Zealand white rabbits were used. Closed intestinal loops of 10-cm length, following appropriate...
Roy, Swapan Kumar, Fuchs, G.J., Mahmud, Zeba, Ara, Gulshan, Islam, Sumaya, Shafique, Sohana, ...
This prospective randomized trial was carried out to test the efficacy of a specific intervention for reducing the extent of their malnutrition and to change behaviour of mothers relating to...
Khan, A.M., Sarkar, Md. Shafiqul Alam, Alam, Md. Nur Haque, Hossain, M.S., Fuchs, G.J., Salam, Md. Abdus
To compare the efficacy and safety of low osmolar oral rehydration salts solution (ORS-75) (mmol/L: Na+ 75, osmolarity 245) with that of World Health Organization-recommended ORS (ORS-90) (mmol/L:...
Alam, Md. Nur Haque, Faruque, A.S.G., Dewan, N., Sarker, Md. Shafiqul Alam, Fuchs, G.J.
The study analyzed data from a systematic sample of children, aged less than five years, who presented with persistent diarrhoea (diarrhoea of more than 14 days duration). It aims to differentiate...
Ashraf, H., Ahmed, T., Hossain, M. I., Alam, N. H., Mahmud, R., Kamal, S. M., ...
Management of severely malnourished children with associated complications relies on hospital-based treatment. Implementation of a standardized protocol at the Dhaka Hospital, ICDDR,B reduced case...
Zinc supplementation in the management of shigellosis in malnourished children in Bangladesh (2007)
Roy, S.K., Raqib, R ., Khatun, W., Chowdhury, R., Azim, T., Fuchs, G.J., ...
Objective: To assess the impact of zinc supplementation on clinical recovery, weight gain and subsequent growth and morbidity in moderately malnourished children with shigellosis. Design: A...
Osendarp, S.J.M., Prabhakar, H., Fuchs, G.J., Mahmud, H., Tofail, F., ...
Background Zinc deficiency is known to impair immunologic functions. However, the effect of zinc supplementation on immune response to polysaccharide vaccines is not known. Objective To determine the...
Ashraf, H., Ahmed, T., Hossain, M. I., Alam, N. H., Mahmud, R., Kamal, S. M., ...
Management of severely malnourished children with associated complications relies on hospital-based treatment. Implementation of a standardized protocol at the Dhaka Hospital, ICDDR,B reduced case...
Roy, Dr. Swapan Kumar, G. J. Fuchs, Zeba Mahmud, Gulshan Ara, Sumaya Islam, Sohana Shafique, ...
This prospective randomized trial was carried out to test the efficacy of a specific intervention for reducing the extent of their malnutrition and to change behaviour of mothers relating to...
Osendarp, S.J.M., Fuchs, G.J., Mahmud, H., Tofail, F., Black, R.E., ...
An essential role for zinc in development of the fetal immune system has been documented. However, the effect of antenatal zinc supplementation on infants' postnatal immune response to vaccinations...
Extended-Interval Gentamicin Administration in Malnourished Children (2006)
Khan, A. M., Ahmed, T., Alam, N. H., Chowdhury, A. K., Fuchs, G. J.
Malnourished children have several physiologic abnormalities that can affect drug distribution and elimination. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of a...
Roy, S.K., Fuchs, G.J., Mahmud, Z., Ara, G., Islam, S., Shafique, S., ...
This prospective randomized trial was carried out to test the efficacy of a specific intervention for reducing the extent of their malnutrition and to change behaviour of mothers relating to...
A. M. Khan, Sarker, Dr. Md. Shafiqul Alam, Alam, Dr. Md. Nur Haque, M. S. Hossain, G. J. Fuchs, Salam, Dr. Md. Abdus
To compare the efficacy and safety of low osmolar oral rehydration salts solution (ORS-75) (mmol/L: Na+ 75, osmolarity 245) with that of World Health Organization-recommended ORS (ORS-90) (mmol/L:...
Extended-Interval Gentamicin Administration in Malnourished Children (2005)
Khan, A. M., Ahmed, T., Alam, N. H., Chowdhury, A. K., Fuchs, G. J.
Malnourished children have several physiologic abnormalities that can affect drug distribution and elimination. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of a...
Extended-Interval Gentamicin Administration in Malnourished Children (2005)
Khan, A. M., Ahmed, T., Alam, N. H., Chowdhury, A. K., Fuchs, G. J.
Malnourished children have several physiologic abnormalities that can affect drug distribution and elimination. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of a...
Khan, A. M., Faruque, A. S. G., Hossain, M. S., Sattar, S., Fuchs, G. J., Salam, M. A.
Little is known about clinical and epidemiological features of Plesiomonas shigelloides-associated diarrhoea in children.We reviewed hospital-based surveillance records of 38 children with diarrhoea...
Persistent Diarrhoea: Associated Infection and Response to a Low Lactose Diet (2002)
Ashraf, H., Ahmed, S., Fuchs, G. J., Mahalanabis, D.
Children aged 4–23 months with persistent diarrhoea received a low lactose diet, multivitamins, minerals and antibiotics for infection. Sixty‐one (57 per cent) children improved with low...
Production of safe therapeutic feeds from contaminated water supplies (2001)
Roy, S.K., Seal, A.J., Tomkins, A.M., Shameen, T., Islam, M.S., Ahmed, T., ...
We have assessed the effectiveness of using an osmotic sachet for safe rehydration of therapeutic milk from contaminated water supplies in a poor urban area of Bangladesh. 35 women were given sachets...
Rahman, M.M., Wahed, M.A., Fuchs, G.J., Baqui, A.H., Vermund, S.H., Alvarez, J.O.
Nuptiality norms in rural Bangladesh favour birth during the teenage years. An appreciable proportion of teenage births are, in fact, second births. This study examines the relationship between...
VitaminA and zinc deficiency among urban in poor preschool children in Bangladesh[abstract] (2000)
Wahed, M.A., Baqui, A.H., Albert, M.J., Ahmed, T., Fuchs, G.J.
Clinical efficacy of L-Glutamine in persistent diarrhoea of children[abstract] (2000)
Kabir, I., Haider, R., Fuchs, G.J., Hossain, I., Islam, M., Rhoads, M.
Roy, S.K., Tomkins, A.M., Haider, R., Behren, R.H., Akramuzzaman, S.M., Mahalanabis, Dilip, ...
To assess the impact of zinc supplementation during acute diarrhoea on subsequent growth and morbidity in malnourished young children. DESIGN: Double blind randomized controlled clinical trial...
High prevalence of untypeable rotavirus strains in Bangladesh[abstract] (1999)
Sarker, S.A., Fuchs, G.J., Azim, T., Poddar, G., Alam, N.H., Hossain, I., ...
Alam, N.H., Majumder, R.N., Fuchs, G.J.
The effects of oral rehydration solution (ORS) with reduced osmolarity on children with acute watery diarrhoea are known, but little is known about the effects of such ORS on adults with cholera. We...
Rahman, M.M., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Hossain, S., Wahed, M.A., Alvarez, J.O., Siber, G.R ., ...
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of simultaneous vitamin A supplementation and diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) vaccination on the...
Faruque, A.S.G., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Haque, S.S., Fuchs, G.J., Habte, Demissie
In a double-blind, controlled trial with a factorial design, 684 patients (aged 6 months to 2 y; excludes 6 early dropouts) with acute watery diarrhoea of 3 d or less and some dehydration, who were...
Ashraf, H., Rahman, M.M., Fuchs, G.J., Mahalanabis, Dilip
One-hundred and six male children aged 6-23 months with a history of acute watery diarrhoea of less than 72 h duration were randomized to receive either folic acid in a dose of 5 mg at 8-h intervals...
Faruque, A.S.G., Teka, T., Fuchs, G.J.
We reviewed the clinical and epidemiological features of 390 children under 5 years of age infected with either Shigella dysenteriae type I or Shigella flexneri attending a diarrhoea treatment centre...
Roy, S.K., Islam, A., Ali, R., Islam, K.E., Khan, R.A., Ara, S.H., ...
To compare the clinical outcome of treatment of cholera in children with ampicillin, erythromycin or tetracycline, a double-'blind' randomized four-cell trial was carried out in Bangladesh....
Humoral immune and clinical responses to food antigens following acute diarrhoea in children (1998)
Ahmed, T., Sumazaki, R., Shin, K., Nagai, Y., Shibasaki, M., Fuchs, G. J., ...
To investigate the effect of acute watery diarrhoea in children upon humoral immune responses to food antigens and the subsequent development of food allergy. METHODOLOGY: Serum antibodies to cows'...
Nutritional status and diarrhoeal pathogen in hospitalized children in Bangladesh (1998)
Dewan, N., Faruque, A.S.G., Fuchs, G.J.
We studied the relationship between nutritional status and infection due to specific enteropathogens in young children with diarrhoea. Overall, 26% of the children were severely underweight, 27% were...
Alam, D.S., Yunus, M., Aziz, K.M.A., De Francisco, A., Haque, E., ...
Objective: Examine the distribution of birth weight and its relationship with maternal nutrition and major socioeconomic variables. Methodology: Between October 1995 and November 1996 at Matlab, 675...
Standardized management reduces mortality among severely malnourished children with diarrhoea (1998)
Ahmed, T., Ali, M., Ullah, M., Choudhury, I. A., Begum, B., Haque, M.E., ...
Objective: Reduce mortality and cost of treating severely malnourished children with diarrhoea by following a standardized management protocol. Methodology: The mortality rates and the cost of...
Khatun, F., Roy, S.K., Malek, M.A., Wahed, M.A., Sarkar, N.R., Saifuddin, N.M., ...
Objective: Evaluate and compare the efficacy of vitamin A and/or zinc supplementation on the clinical course of persistent diarrhoea in Bangladeshi children. Methodology: A double-blind randomized,...
Rahman, M.M., Mahalanabis, D., Ali, M., Mazumder, R.N., Wahed, M.A., Fuchs, G.J.
The aim of this study was to determine the absorption of macronutrients and energy from an energy-dense diet liquefied with amylase from germinated wheat (ARF) in children suffering from acute...
Faruque, A.S.G., Hoque, S.S., Fuchs, G.J., Mahalanabis, Dilip
A randomized clinical trial was carried out to compare a packaged ready-to-mix rice oral rehydration solution (ORS) to the standard glucose ORS for the treatment of childhood diarrhoea. Children were...
Shelf-life of pre-cooked rice oral rehydration salt packets (1997)
Islam, Sufia, Faruque, A.S.G., Fuchs, G.J., Wahed, M.A., Mahalanabis, Dilip
The shelf-life of pre-cooked rice oral rehydration salts (ORS) at the household level was studied in urban Dhaka. To prepare the packets, cooked rice was dried and ground to fine powder and the salt...
Nutritional support and growth in thalassaemia major (1997)
Fuchs, G.J., Tienboon, P., Khaled, M.A., Nimsakul, S., Linpisarn, S., Faruque, A.S.G., ...
Twelve thalassaemic children under 3 years of age received intensive nutritional support for one month and were discharged on a prescribed diet of locally available foods. Anthropometry,...
Urinary vitamin A loss in children with acute shigellosis [abstract] (1997)
Mitra, A.K., Alvarez, J.O., Wahed, G.J., Fuchs, G.J., Guay-Woodford, L., Stephensen, C.B.
Multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) to assess human body composition (1997)
Islam, S., Kabir, I., Wahed, M.A., Goran, M.J., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Fuchs, G.J., ...
Cholera toxin stimulates glucose absorption from rabbit intestine (1997)
Bhattacharya, M.K., Rabbani, G.H., Mazumder, R.N., Khan, M.A., Hossain, M., Fuchs, G.J., ...
Oxidative stress in rabits as a function of energy intake[letter] (1996)
Bhattacharya, M.K., Khan, M.A., Rabbani, G.H., Fuchs, G.J., Khaled, M.A.
Risk factors for deaths in under-age-five children attending a diarrhoea treatment centre (1996)
Teka, T., Faruque, A.S.G., Fuchs, G.J.
Few case-control studies have examined possible risk factors for diarrhoeal deaths in under-age-five children in the developing countries. We analysed data from the surveillance system of our...
Effect of shigellosis on Vitamin A loss in the urine[abstract] (1996)
Mitra, A.K., Stephensen, C.B., Alvarez, J.O., Wahed, M.A., Khaled, M.A., Fuchs, G.J.
Nutrition support and growth in thalassemia major[abstract] (1996)
Fuchs, G.J., Tienboon, P., Khaled, M.A., Nimsakul, S., Linpisarn, S., Faruque, A.S.G., ...
Faruque, A.S.G., Fuchs, G.J., Albert, M. John
At the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B) Dhaka we studied the trends in cholera for the period January 1992 to May 1995. Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal emerged...
Bland, K I, Jones, R S, Maher, J W, Cotton, P B, Pennell, T C, Amerson, J R, ...
A multi-institutional study to evaluate the efficacy, clinical application, and safety of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) with the Dornier HM-3 or HM-4 lithotripter for bile duct calculi...
Bland, K I, Jones, R S, Maher, J W, Cotton, P B, Pennell, T C, Amerson, J R, ...
A multi-institutional study to evaluate the efficacy, clinical application, and safety of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) with the Dornier HM-3 or HM-4 lithotripter for bile duct calculi...
Alam, N H, Ashraf, H, Khan, W A, Karim, M M, Fuchs, G J
Background: The enkephalins, endogenous opiate substances, act as neurotransmitters along the entire digestive tract where they elicit intestinal antisecretory activity without affecting intestinal...
Nutritional factors and thalassaemia major.
Fuchs, G J, Tienboon, P, Linpisarn, S, Nimsakul, S, Leelapat, P, Tovanabutra, S, ...
Abnormal growth is a common feature of thalassaemia major in children. In an attempt to determine whether it has a nutritional cause, 12 children aged 1 to 3 years with thalassaemia major were...