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Causes Of Gastroenteritis - Articles
Viral Gastroenteritis
by
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:39pm
The digestive system
Viral gastroenteritis is an intestinal infection caused by several different viruses. Highly contagious, viral gastroenteritis is the second most common illness in the United States. It causes millions of cases of diarrhea each year.
Anyone can get viral gastroenteritis and most people recover without any
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Viral Gastroenteritis
by
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:40pm
Viral gastroenteritis is an intestinal infection caused by several different viruses. Highly contagious, viral gastroenteritis is the second most common illness in the United States. It causes millions of cases of diarrhea each year.
Anyone can get viral gastroenteritis and most people recover without any complications. However, viral
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Hemorrhagic GastroEnteritis (HGE) in Dogs
by
heru m.
Posted
Tue 11 Jan 2011 11:58am
What does HGE stand for?
HGE (at least in terms of veterinary medicine) stands for Hemorrhagic GastroEnteritis, and it is a disease of dogs. In human medicine... (anorexia), and listlessness are also seen. Dehydration is not usually clinically seen on initial presentation, but shock can develop quickly without treatment.
What causes HGE
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TWiM 4: Cantaloupes and Salmonella gastroenteritis
by
Vincent Racaniello
Posted
Fri 08 Apr 2011 12:00am
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Margaret McFall-Ngai , Cliff Mintz , and Michael Schmidt .
On episode #4 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, Margaret, and Michael review foodborne bacterial illness in the context of outbreaks associated with cantaloupes and Lebanon bologna.
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Reactive Arthritis
by
Corry C.
Posted
Wed 20 Oct 2010 9:39am
Yersinia is caused by bacteria and normally cause gastroenteritis or the stomach flu. It usually causes symptoms which include diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever and can cause blood infections if they spread beyond the intestine which is treated by antibiotics.
However, these bacteria are also responsible for causing arthritis as well. This type
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