TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Gastrointestinal Tract Infections A1 - Levinson, Warren A1 - Chin-Hong, Peter A1 - Joyce, Elizabeth A. A1 - Nussbaum, Jesse A1 - Schwartz, Brian PY - 2020 T2 - Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology: A Guide to Clinical Infectious Diseases, 16e AB - Infections with a variety of agents can occur in any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract from the mouth to the anal canal. Infections can range in severity from self-limited to life-threatening, particularly if infection spreads from the gut to other parts of the body. Infections are typically caused by the ingestion of exogenous pathogens in sufficient quantities to evade host defenses and then cause disease by multiplication, toxin production, or invasion through the GI mucosa to reach the bloodstream and other tissues. In other cases, members of the normal flora of the GI tract can cause disease, particularly when the gut microbiome is disrupted. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171927358 ER -