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Gastrointestinal infection

MedGen UID:
900000
•Concept ID:
C4082764
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Gastrointestinal infections; Gastrointestinal tract infections
SNOMED CT: Infection of gastrointestinal tract (715852004); Gastrointestinal infection (715852004)

Definition

invasion and growth of microorganisms in the gastrointestinal system; may be clinically inapparent or result in local cellular injury. [from CRISP]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

AhR/IL-22 pathway as new target for the treatment of post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome symptoms.
Meynier M, Baudu E, Rolhion N, Defaye M, Straube M, Daugey V, Modoux M, Wawrzyniak I, Delbac F, Villéger R, Méleine M, Borras Nogues E, Godfraind C, Barnich N, Ardid D, Poirier P, Sokol H, Chatel JM, Langella P, Livrelli V, Bonnet M, Carvalho FA
Gut Microbes 2022 Jan-Dec;14(1):2022997. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2021.2022997. PMID: 35090380Free PMC Article
Guidelines for the Management of Adult Acute and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure in the ICU: Cardiovascular, Endocrine, Hematologic, Pulmonary, and Renal Considerations.
Nanchal R, Subramanian R, Karvellas CJ, Hollenberg SM, Peppard WJ, Singbartl K, Truwit J, Al-Khafaji AH, Killian AJ, Alquraini M, Alshammari K, Alshamsi F, Belley-Cote E, Cartin-Ceba R, Dionne JC, Galusca DM, Huang DT, Hyzy RC, Junek M, Kandiah P, Kumar G, Morgan RL, Morris PE, Olson JC, Sieracki R, Steadman R, Taylor B, Alhazzani W
Crit Care Med 2020 Mar;48(3):e173-e191. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004192. PMID: 32058387
A screening algorithm for diagnosing bacterial gastroenteritis by real-time PCR in combination with guided culture.
Van Lint P, De Witte E, Ursi JP, Van Herendael B, Van Schaeren J
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2016 Jun;85(2):255-9. Epub 2016 Mar 28 doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.03.017. PMID: 27107537

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Gastrointestinal Infections Modulate the Risk for Insulin Autoantibodies as the First-Appearing Autoantibody in the TEDDY Study.
Lönnrot M, Lynch KF, Rewers M, Lernmark Å, Vehik K, Akolkar B, Hagopian W, Krischer J, McIndoe RA, Toppari J, Ziegler AG, Petrosino JF, Lloyd R, Hyöty H; TEDDY Study Group
Diabetes Care 2023 Nov 1;46(11):1908-1915. doi: 10.2337/dc23-0518. PMID: 37607456Free PMC Article
Exclusive Breastfeeding and Childhood Morbidity: A Narrative Review.
Hossain S, Mihrshahi S
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Nov 10;19(22) doi: 10.3390/ijerph192214804. PMID: 36429518Free PMC Article
Infectious Gastroenteritis in Transplant Patients.
Non LR, Ince D
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2021 Jun;50(2):415-430. Epub 2021 Apr 23 doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2021.02.013. PMID: 34024449
Granulomas in the gastrointestinal tract: deciphering the Pandora's box.
Brown I, Kumarasinghe MP
Virchows Arch 2018 Jan;472(1):3-14. Epub 2017 Aug 4 doi: 10.1007/s00428-017-2210-3. PMID: 28776106
Treatment of Clostridium difficile infection in pediatric patients.
Esposito S, Umbrello G, Castellazzi L, Principi N
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2015 Jun;9(6):747-55. Epub 2015 Apr 25 doi: 10.1586/17474124.2015.1039988. PMID: 25912469

Diagnosis

Infectious Gastroenteritis in Transplant Patients.
Non LR, Ince D
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2021 Jun;50(2):415-430. Epub 2021 Apr 23 doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2021.02.013. PMID: 34024449
What did he eat?
Rodrigo-Rey S, Gutiérrez-Ortiz C, Muñoz S, Ortiz-Castillo JV, Siatkowski RM
Surv Ophthalmol 2021 Sep-Oct;66(5):892-896. Epub 2020 Sep 30 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2020.09.007. PMID: 33010288Free PMC Article
An overview of reactive arthritis.
Pennisi M, Perdue J, Roulston T, Nicholas J, Schmidt E, Rolfs J
JAAPA 2019 Jul;32(7):25-28. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000558320.47868.2f. PMID: 31169570
Granulomas in the gastrointestinal tract: deciphering the Pandora's box.
Brown I, Kumarasinghe MP
Virchows Arch 2018 Jan;472(1):3-14. Epub 2017 Aug 4 doi: 10.1007/s00428-017-2210-3. PMID: 28776106
Epidemiology of atrazine.
Loosli R
Rev Environ Contam Toxicol 1995;143:47-57. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4612-2542-3_2. PMID: 7501866

Therapy

Interferon-lambda: New role in intestinal symptoms of COVID-19.
Pan YY, Wang LC, Yang F, Yu M
World J Gastroenterol 2023 Apr 7;29(13):1942-1954. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v29.i13.1942. PMID: 37155525Free PMC Article
Infectious Gastroenteritis in Transplant Patients.
Non LR, Ince D
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2021 Jun;50(2):415-430. Epub 2021 Apr 23 doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2021.02.013. PMID: 34024449
An overview of reactive arthritis.
Pennisi M, Perdue J, Roulston T, Nicholas J, Schmidt E, Rolfs J
JAAPA 2019 Jul;32(7):25-28. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000558320.47868.2f. PMID: 31169570
Treatment of Clostridium difficile infection in pediatric patients.
Esposito S, Umbrello G, Castellazzi L, Principi N
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2015 Jun;9(6):747-55. Epub 2015 Apr 25 doi: 10.1586/17474124.2015.1039988. PMID: 25912469
Epidemiology of atrazine.
Loosli R
Rev Environ Contam Toxicol 1995;143:47-57. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4612-2542-3_2. PMID: 7501866

Prognosis

Isolation and characterization of Yersinia phage fMtkYen3-01.
Goladze S, Patpatia S, Tuomala H, Ylänne M, Gachechiladze N, de Oliveira Patricio D, Skurnik M, Sundberg LR
Arch Virol 2024 Oct 19;169(11):226. doi: 10.1007/s00705-024-06149-6. PMID: 39425798Free PMC Article
Systematic review with meta-analysis: post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome after travellers' diarrhoea.
Schwille-Kiuntke J, Mazurak N, Enck P
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2015 Jun;41(11):1029-37. Epub 2015 Apr 13 doi: 10.1111/apt.13199. PMID: 25871571
Questions and answers on the role of faecal calprotectin as a biological marker in inflammatory bowel disease.
Gisbert JP, McNicholl AG
Dig Liver Dis 2009 Jan;41(1):56-66. Epub 2008 Jul 3 doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2008.05.008. PMID: 18602356
Epidemiology and outcome of zygomycosis: a review of 929 reported cases.
Roden MM, Zaoutis TE, Buchanan WL, Knudsen TA, Sarkisova TA, Schaufele RL, Sein M, Sein T, Chiou CC, Chu JH, Kontoyiannis DP, Walsh TJ
Clin Infect Dis 2005 Sep 1;41(5):634-53. Epub 2005 Jul 29 doi: 10.1086/432579. PMID: 16080086
Benign transient hyperphosphatasemia.
Garty BZ, Nitzan M
Isr J Med Sci 1994 Jan;30(1):66-9. PMID: 8138397

Clinical prediction guides

Gastrointestinal Infections Modulate the Risk for Insulin Autoantibodies as the First-Appearing Autoantibody in the TEDDY Study.
Lönnrot M, Lynch KF, Rewers M, Lernmark Å, Vehik K, Akolkar B, Hagopian W, Krischer J, McIndoe RA, Toppari J, Ziegler AG, Petrosino JF, Lloyd R, Hyöty H; TEDDY Study Group
Diabetes Care 2023 Nov 1;46(11):1908-1915. doi: 10.2337/dc23-0518. PMID: 37607456Free PMC Article
Exclusive Breastfeeding and Childhood Morbidity: A Narrative Review.
Hossain S, Mihrshahi S
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Nov 10;19(22) doi: 10.3390/ijerph192214804. PMID: 36429518Free PMC Article
Intestinal Bacteriophage Therapy: Looking for Optimal Efficacy.
Javaudin F, Latour C, Debarbieux L, Lamy-Besnier Q
Clin Microbiol Rev 2021 Dec 15;34(4):e0013621. Epub 2021 Oct 20 doi: 10.1128/CMR.00136-21. PMID: 34668734Free PMC Article
Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding.
Kramer MS, Kakuma R
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Aug 15;2012(8):CD003517. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003517.pub2. PMID: 22895934Free PMC Article
Post-inflammatory modification of colonic afferent mechanosensitivity.
Hughes PA, Brierley SM, Blackshaw LA
Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2009 Oct;36(10):1034-40. Epub 2009 Jun 29 doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2009.05248.x. PMID: 19566823

Recent systematic reviews

Viral infection and sudden non-cardiac death: A systematic review.
Cordeiro FP, Cainé L
J Forensic Leg Med 2024 Aug;106:102727. Epub 2024 Jul 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2024.102727. PMID: 39089138
Omadacycline and Clostridioides difficile: A Systematic Review of Preclinical and Clinical Evidence.
Garey KW, Rose W, Gunter K, Serio AW, Wilcox MH
Ann Pharmacother 2023 Feb;57(2):184-192. Epub 2022 Jun 3 doi: 10.1177/10600280221089007. PMID: 35656828Free PMC Article
Human intestinal spirochetosis, irritable bowel syndrome, and colonic polyps: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Fan K, Eslick GD, Nair PM, Burns GL, Walker MM, Hoedt EC, Keely S, Talley NJ
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022 Jul;37(7):1222-1234. Epub 2022 Apr 24 doi: 10.1111/jgh.15851. PMID: 35385602Free PMC Article
Systematic review: gastrointestinal infection and incident inflammatory bowel disease.
Axelrad JE, Cadwell KH, Colombel JF, Shah SC
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2020 Jun;51(12):1222-1232. Epub 2020 May 5 doi: 10.1111/apt.15770. PMID: 32372471Free PMC Article
Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding.
Kramer MS, Kakuma R
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Aug 15;2012(8):CD003517. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003517.pub2. PMID: 22895934Free PMC Article

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