Main description:

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

Contents:

Section 1: General Topics

Normal and Abnormal Bacterial Flora of the Gut
Etiology and Prevention of Food-borne Bacterial Gastroenteritis
Imaging of Gastrointestinal Infections
Antimicrobial Therapy for Infectious Diarrhea
Probiotics and Prebiotics in Gastrointestinal Health and Disease
Dietary and Nutritional Management in Gastrointestinal Infections

Section 2: Special Bacterial Diseases

Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever

Section 3: Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis

Clinical Presentation of Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis
Diagnostic Methods for Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis
Management of Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis

Section 4: Helicobacter pylori

Clinical Spectrum and Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori
Pathology and Pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori Infection
Laboratory Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection
Medical Management of Peptic Ulcer Disease

Section 5: Specific Bacterial Gastroenteritis

Shigella and Shigellosis
Nontyphoidal Salmonellae
Escherichia Coli Diarrheas
Yersinia Enterocolitica and Gastrointestinal Disease
Clinical Manifestations of Campylobacter Infection
Epidemic-prone Vibrio cholera
Noncholera Vibrios in Human
Current Perspectives on Pathogenesis of Aeromonas

Section 6: Viral Diarrhea

Rotavirus Diarrhea
Non-rotavirus Viral Diarrhea

Section 7: Parasitic Diseases

Intestinal and Extraintestinal Amebiasis
Balantidium coli Infection in Humans
Recent Insights into Giardia Lamblia Infection
Intestinal Protozoan Infections in Immunocompromised Persons
Intestinal Nematodes
Human Intestinal Cestodes
Hydatid Disease in Humans
Trematode Infections of Gastrointestinal System

Section 8: Fungal Infections

Fungal Infections of Gastrointestinal Tract

Section 9: Infections of Gastrointestinal Allied Organs

Bacterial Hepatitis
Viral Hepatitis
Putative Hepatitis Viruses
Acute Cholangitis
Infections of the Pancreas
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

Section 10: Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Other Infections

Gastrointestinal Anthrax
Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Leptospirosis
Human Brucellosis
Cytomegalovirus and Gastrointestinal Tract
Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Manifestations of Dengue Infection
Malaria and the Liver