title: [The Most Common Acute Gastrointestinal Infections].
abstract: Acute gastrointestinal infections and diarrhea with vomiting as its main presentation are a frequently encountered entity in an outpatient setting. Due to a mostly self-limiting disease course a diagnostic work-up is often futile. Viral infections caused by Noro- or Rotavirus are most frequent, while bacterial infections are second line due to high hygienic standards in developed countries. In an inpatient setting and after a precedent antibiotic treatment one should think of clostridium difficile. Traveler’s diarrhea represents a special case, with most of the cases caused by enterovirulent E. coli. In this mini review we describe the most important pathogens in detail.
authors.affiliation: 1 Medizinische Klinik, GZO Spital Wetzikon.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Greuter
authors.affiliation: 1 Medizinische Klinik, GZO Spital Wetzikon.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Magdeburg
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans
keywords: Campylobacteriose; Clostridium difficile; Gastrointestinale Infektionen; Reisediarrhö; Salmonellose; campylobacter; campylobacteriosis; clostridium difficile; diarrhée du voyageur; gastroentérite aiguë; gastrointestinal infections; norovirus; salmonelles; salmonellosis; traveler’s diarrhea