RT Book, Section
A1 Levinson, Warren
A1 Chin-Hong, Peter
A1 Joyce, Elizabeth A.
A1 Nussbaum, Jesse
A1 Schwartz, Brian
SR Print(0)
ID 1175827853
T1 Gastrointestinal Tract Infections
T2 Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology: A Guide to Clinical Infectious Diseases, 16e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260116717
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175827853
RD 2024/04/19
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.