Anti-Diarrheal Effects of Wood Creosote, Seirogan, in Japanese Patients
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Case Presentation
2.1. Subjects
2.2. Treatments
2.3. Evaluation
2.4. Results
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Diagnosis. | No. of Patients | Diagnosis | No. of Patients |
---|---|---|---|
Acute enteritis | 71 | Colitis | 3 |
Infectious gastroenteritis | 14 | Chronic gastroenteritis | 2 |
Uncomplicated diarrhea | 12 | Suspicion of food poisoning | 2 |
Acute gastroenteritis | 7 | Chronic colitis | 1 |
Acute colitis | 6 | Chronic diarrhea | 1 |
Chronic enteritis | 6 | Nervous gastroenteritis | 1 |
Irritable colitis | 5 | Habitual diarrhea | 1 |
Gastrogenic diarrhea | 3 | Catarrhal colitis | 1 |
Nervous diarrhea | 3 | Hemorrhagic gastritis | 1 |
Gastroenteritis | 3 | Gastric ulcer | 1 |
Ulcerous colitis | 3 | Acute pancreatitis | 1 |
Total | 148 |
Age (Years) | Number |
---|---|
≤20 | 6 |
21–30 | 30 |
31–40 | 23 |
41–50 | 22 |
51–60 | 31 |
≥61 | 36 |
Total | 148 |
Number | % | |
---|---|---|
Remarkably effective | 44 | 29.73 |
Effective | 72 | 48.65 |
Partially effective | 13 | 8.78 |
Not effective | 19 | 12.84 |
Total | 148 | 100 |
Number of Patients | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diagnosis | Remarkably Effective | (%) | Effective | (%) | Partially Effective | (%) | Not Effective | (%) |
Acute enteritis | 25 | 35.21 | 30 | 42.25 | 8 | 11.27 | 8 | 11.27 |
Acute gastroenteritis | 1 | 14.29 | 5 | 71.43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.29 |
Acute colitis | 1 | 16.67 | 5 | 83.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chronic enteritis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 33.33 | 1 | 16.67 |
Chronic gastroenteritis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 |
Chronic colitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
Chronic diarrhea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Infectious gastroenteritis | 2 | 14.29 | 10 | 71.43 | 1 | 7.14 | 1 | 7.14 |
Uncomplicated diarrhea | 9 | 75 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Irritable colitis | 3 | 60 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gastrogenic diarrhea | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nervous diarrhea | 2 | 66.67 | 1 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gastroenteritis | 1 | 33.33 | 1 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.33 |
Nervous gastroenteritis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ulcerous colitis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66.57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.3 |
Habitual diarrhea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Catarrhal colitis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colitis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66.67 |
Hemorrhagic gastritis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
Gastric ulcer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Acute pancreatitis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Suspicion of food poisoning | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
Total number | 44 | 72 | 13 | 19 |
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Takagi, M.; Ito, M.; Morino, H.; Miura, T.; Oshida, K.; Suzuki, M.; Takemori, H.; Shibata, T. Anti-Diarrheal Effects of Wood Creosote, Seirogan, in Japanese Patients. Reports 2019, 2, 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/reports2040028
Takagi M, Ito M, Morino H, Miura T, Oshida K, Suzuki M, Takemori H, Shibata T. Anti-Diarrheal Effects of Wood Creosote, Seirogan, in Japanese Patients. Reports. 2019; 2(4):28. https://doi.org/10.3390/reports2040028
Chicago/Turabian StyleTakagi, Masanori, Masafumi Ito, Hirofumi Morino, Takanori Miura, Kyoichi Oshida, Mayu Suzuki, Hiroshi Takemori, and Takashi Shibata. 2019. "Anti-Diarrheal Effects of Wood Creosote, Seirogan, in Japanese Patients" Reports 2, no. 4: 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/reports2040028
APA StyleTakagi, M., Ito, M., Morino, H., Miura, T., Oshida, K., Suzuki, M., Takemori, H., & Shibata, T. (2019). Anti-Diarrheal Effects of Wood Creosote, Seirogan, in Japanese Patients. Reports, 2(4), 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/reports2040028