INFECTIONS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM

Infections of the gastrointestinal (GI) system can be caused by many organisms, including bacteria, parasites, viruses and funghi.
This manual is a practical guide providing gastroenterologists and infectious disease specialists with up to date knowledge on GI infections. Beginning with general topics including etiology and prevention, imaging and dietary management, the following chapters present different micro-organisms and the infections and diseases they may cause.
The agents responsible for infection, diagnosis, clinical features and therapy for each syndrome are discussed in detail.
This comprehensive text includes more than 300 full colour illustrations, slides and photographs, and contributions from experts in microbiology, pathology, histopathology and gastroenterology.
Key points
- Practical guide to gastrointestinal infections
- Discusses many different micro-organisms and resulting infections and diseases
- Includes more than 300 illustrations, slides and photographs
- Contributions from experts in microbiology, pathology, histopathology and gastroenterology.

Author information
Chetana Vaishnavi MD. Professor and Chief, Division of GE Microbiology, Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Contents
- Section 1 General Topics
1. Normal and Abnormal Bacterial Flora of the Gut 3
2. Etiology and Prevention of Food-borne Bacterial Gastroenteritis 12
3. Imaging of Gastrointestinal Infections 32
4. Antimicrobial Therapy for Infectious Diarrhea 50
5. Probiotics and Prebiotics in Gastrointestinal Health and Disease 62
6. Dietary and Nutritional Management in Gastrointestinal Infections 76
- Section 2 Special Bacterial Diseases
7. Clostridium difficile Associated Disease 87
8. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever 109
- Section 3 Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis
9. Clinical Presentation of Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis 127
10. Diagnostic Methods for Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis 133
11. Management of Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis 148
- Section 4 Helicobacter pylori
12. Clinical Spectrum and Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori 157
13. Pathology and Pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori Infection 164
14. Laboratory Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection 191
15. Medical Management of Peptic Ulcer Disease 200
- Section 5 Specific Bacterial Gastroenteritis
16. Shigella and Shigellosis 209
17. Nontyphoidal Salmonellae 224
18. Escherichia coli Diarrheas 235
19. Yersinia enterocolitica and Gastrointestinal Disease 253
20. Clinical Manifestations of Campylobacter Infection 263
21. Epidemic-prone Vibrio cholera 284
22. Noncholera Vibrios in Human Gastroenteritis 297
23. Current Perspectives on Pathogenesis of Aeromonas 307
- Section 6 Viral Diarrhea
24. Rotavirus Diarrhea 321
25. Non-rotavirus Viral Diarrhea 330
- Section 7 Parasitic Diseases
26. Intestinal and Extraintestinal Amebiasis 341
27. Balantidium coli Infection in Humans 354
28. Recent Insights into Giardia lamblia Infection 358
29. Intestinal Protozoan Infections in Immunocompromised Persons 377
30. Intestinal Nematodes 386
31. Human Intestinal Cestodes 408
32. Hydatid Disease in Humans 417
33. Trematode Infections of Gastrointestinal System 426
- Section 8 Fungal Infections
34. Fungal Infections of Gastrointestinal Tract 453
- Section 9 Infections of Gastrointestinal Allied Organs
35. Bacterial Hepatitis 465
36. Viral Hepatitis 475
37. Putative Hepatitis Viruses 496
38. Acute Cholangitis 510
39. Infections of the Pancreas 522
40. Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 532
- Section 10 Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Other Infections
41. Gastrointestinal Anthrax 545
42. Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Leptospirosis 559
43. Human Brucellosis 574
44. Cytomegalovirus and Gastrointestinal Tract 586
45. Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Manifestations of Dengue Infection 599
46. Malaria and the Liver 607
Index 613