gastrointestinal infection
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Management
- oral glutamine powder 5 grams TID for 8 weeks may improve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome after GI infection[2]
More general terms
More specific terms
- alimentary toxic aleukia
- anorectal infection
- bacterial gastroenteritis
- diverticulitis
- infectious diarrhea; infectious colitis
- infectious esophagitis
- parasitic gastroenteritis
- viral gastroenteritis
Additional terms
References
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16, 17 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zhou Q, Verne ML, Fields JZ et al. Randomised placebo-controlled trial of dietary glutamine supplements for postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome. Gut 2018 Aug 14 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30108163
- ↑ Musher DM, Musher BL. Contagious acute gastrointestinal infections. N Engl J Med 2004 Dec 3; 351:2417. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15575058 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra041837