Author | DuPont, Herbert L. author |
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Title | Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract [electronic resource] : Microbiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Features / by Herbert L. DuPont, Larry K. Pickering |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1980 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3695-2 |
Descript | XVI, 274 p. 31 illus. online resource |
1. Immune Mechanisms in Infectious Diarrhea -- Nonspecific Gastrointestinal Immune Mechanisms -- Immunologic Mechanisms in Enteric Infection -- Breast Milk and Gastrointestinal Immunity -- Immunologic Control of Enteric Infection -- References -- 2. Amebiasis -- Epidemiology -- Pathogenesis -- Clinical Aspects -- Complications of Intestinal Amebiasis -- Diagnosis -- Serology -- Treatment -- References -- 3. Giardiasis -- Pathogenesis -- Epidemiology -- Clinical Aspects -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Immunity -- Prevention -- References -- 4. Bacillary Dysentery -- Bacteriology -- Pathogenesis -- Epidemiology -- Clinical Features -- Diagnosis -- Immunology of Shigellosis -- Therapy of Bacillary Dysentery -- References -- 5. Salmonellosis -- Bacteriology -- Virulence -- Pathogenesis -- Epidemiology -- Clinical Features -- Complications -- Institutional Salmonellosis -- Conditions Predisposing to or Associated with Salmonellosis -- Diagnosis -- Antimicrobial Resistance among Salmonella Organisms: Relationship of Human and Animal Strains -- Antimicrobial Therapy -- Immunoprophylaxis -- References -- 6. Cholera and Escherichia coli Diarrhea -- Cholera -- ETEC Diarrhea -- Enteropathogenic E. coli (by Serotype Identification) -- References -- 7. Viral Agents in Diarrhea -- Norwalk-Like Agents -- Rotaviruses (RVs) -- References -- 8. Relative Importance of Enteropathogens in Acute Endemic Diarrhea and Food-Borne Diarrheal Illness -- Acute Endemic Diarrhea -- Food-Borne Diarrheal Illness -- References -- 9. Diarrhea of Travelers (Emporiatric Enteritis) -- Magnitude of the Problem and Populations at Risk -- Clinical Aspects -- Etiology -- Prevention of Travelersโ Diarrhea and the Source of the Problem -- References -- 10. Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Diarrhea -- Diagnostic Procedures -- Nonspecific Therapy-Antidiarrheal Compounds -- Specific Antimicrobial Therapy -- References -- 11. Fluid and Dietary Management of Acute Diarrhea -- Mechanisms of Fluid and Electrolyte Loss by Causative Agent -- Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy -- Initiation of a Modified Diet -- Disaccharidase Deficiency -- Diagnosis of Carbohydrate Malabsorption -- References