Good hand hygiene prevents the incidence of diarrhea Traveler's diarrhea (also known as Montezuma's Revenge or Delhi belly) is defined as three or more episodes of watery (non-bloody)...
Tag: Gastrointestinal Tract Infections
Clostridioides difficile: Characteristics, Disease, Lab Diagnosis
Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium) difficile causes life-threatening diarrhea. Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of hospital-associated gastrointestinal illness....
Vibrio Cholerae: Characteristics, Pathogenesis, and Lab Diagnosis
Cholera is an acute infection of the gut caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae O1 or O139. Other serogroups of Vibrio cholerae may cause diarrheal...
Shigellae are Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped highly infectious bacteria of the Enterobacteriaceae family. Shigella species include; Shigella sonnei, S. boydii,...
Campylobacter usually causes diarrhea (often bloody). It is the most common cause of gastroenteritis worldwide, enterocolitis, especially in children. It causes systemic infection (rarely) in...
Foodborne illness, also known as "foodborne disease," "foodborne infection," or "food poisoning, is an important public health burden worldwide. There are an estimated 250 pathogens that can cause...
