[Application of electrogastrography in pediatrics. Part I. Definition of normal ranges of parameters of an electrogastrogram in Polish children].

Unlabelled: The study was designed to determine normative values of an electrogastrogram in healthy children.

Material And Methods: Surface electrogastrograms were taken in the interdigestive state and after meal stimulation in 292 non-obese children in whom Helicobacter pylori infection was excluded with the use of a 13C-urea breath test. The cohort comprised the following subgroups: age 6-9 years--114 children (57 girls and 57 boys), age 10-11 years--88 children (44 girls and 44 boys), age 12-15 years--90 children (45 girls and 45 boys).

How reproducible is cutaneous electrogastrography? An in-depth evidence-based study.

Aim: To check on reproducibility of parameters of the cutaneous electrogastrogram registered at a close or a distant time span.

Methods: Twenty-two volunteers recruited by an advertisement (11 females and 11 males, median age 25 years, range: 18-35) underwent three surface electrogastrography examinations of which two were taken on consecutive days and the third one was accomplished at least 2 weeks before or after the two other sessions. The examination involved a 30-min fasted recording, followed by a 90-min postprandial registration after intake of a 394-kcal mixed solid-liquid test meal.

[Successful treatment with bacteriophage in purulent cerebrospinal meningitis in a newborn].

The subject of this report is the case of purulent meningitis in new-born caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. As the intensive antibiotic therapy turned out to be ineffective phage therapy was applied. Oral administration of specific phage preparate for the period of 5 weeks resulted in complete sterilization of cerebrospinal fluid and unquestionable improvement of child's health.