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FFC's 21st International Conference on Functional foods in health and Diseases by Dr. Monireh Rahimkhani
FFC's 21st International Conference on Functional foods in health and Diseases by Dr. Monireh Rahimkhani
Application Code :
762-0117-0005
 
Created Date : Sunday, April 16, 2017-16:45 16:45:13Update Date : Saturday, June 10, 2017-11:30 11:30:19
IP Address : 192.168.105.22Submit Date : Saturday, June 10, 2017-11:30 11:30:32Email :rrahimkhani@sina.tums.ac.ir
Personal Information
Name : monireh
Surname : rahimkhani
School/Research center : School of Allied Medical Sciences
If you choose other, please name your Research center :  
Position : Associate professor
Tel : +98-21-88899525
Information of Congress
Title of the Congress : FFC's 21st International Conference on Functional foods in health and Diseases
Title of your Abstract : Intestinal infections in Malnourished Children
Destination Country : United States
From : Saturday, March 25, 2017
To : Sunday, March 26, 2017
Abstract(Please copy/paste the abstract send to the congress) : Intestinal infections in malnourished children in south
of Tehran, Iran
Khavari Daneshvar H.
and Rahimkhani M.
*
1
2
Cancer Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical sciences, Tehran, Iran.
1
Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2
Accepted 29 May, 2013
Intestinal and urinary tract infections are the most common infections in malnourished children. In the
present study, intestinal infections were surveyed in malnourished children. The present research was
a cross sectional study in 12 months. During the study period, all the malnourished children admitted to
health center in south of Tehran, were included in the study. Malnutrition was found in children with
clinical examinations. Malnourished children and control group were referred to the laboratory for stool
screening of ova of worms and protozoa cysts or trophozoite and also stool culture. In a total of 84
cases, 4 children were infected with cysts of Giardia intestinalis, 2 children were infected with
Blastosistis hominis, 5 children were infected with Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and 3 children
were infected with Shigella spp. In the control group, one child was infected with G. intestinalis, 2
children were infected with B. hominis cysts and one child was infected with Enteropathogenic E. coli.
Statistical analysis showed significantly higher rates of parasitic infection in malnourished children
with G. intestinalis as compared to the control group (P<0.05) but there was significantly higher rates of
B. hominis infection in the control group as compared to malnourished children (P<0.05). With regards
to bacterial infections, statistical analysis showed significantly higher rate of bacterial infection of
malnourished children with EPEC and Shigella spp. as compared to control group (p<0.05). The causes
of malnutrition are multiple and complex and infections are common precipitating factor. Acute
intestinal and respiratory infections are the most important causes of high morbidity and mortality in
malnourished children and malnutrition is an important associated factor in these deaths. The present
study showed that, parasite and bacterial intestinal infection in malnourished children were
significantly higher than healthy children, thereby malnourished children should be tested periodically
for detecting bacterial and parasitic intestinal infections and should be treated in first stages of illness
Keywords of your Abstract : Intestinal infection, malnutrition, children
Acceptance Letter : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/17743/Forms/762/ff.pdf
The presentation : Poster
The Cover of Abstract book : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/17743/Forms/762/abs1_1.pdf
Published abstract in the abstract book with the related code : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/17743/Forms/762/abs_3_1.pdf
Where has your abstract been indexed? : other
If you choose other, please name : ISBN
The Congress Reporting Form
How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : 100
Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : different countries specially from USA, japan,China,Turkey and Canada.
Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : No
If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box : -
What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? :  
If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : Danik Martirosyan, president, functional food center, Dallas, TX, USA
areza Hakkak, professor, department of home science( food science),university of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, USA
Jay Whelan, Professor and head , Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Utah state university, Logan, UT, USA
Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : Co-Chairman of the conference was Dr.Martirosyan and he is the head of Functional Food Center in Dallas, USA.
Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : the processing of Visa have taken a long time, almost more than 6 months and for reserving hotels I had problem because we have not master card or Visa card but about booking ticket I had not problem.
Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : the place and situation of congress was favorable but in some programs there was not coordination.