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gastrointestinal infection
Management:
- oral glutamine powder 5 grams TID for 8 weeks may improve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome after GI infection [2]
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gastroenteritis
Specific
alimentary toxic aleukia
anorectal infection
bacterial gastroenteritis
diverticulitis
infectious diarrhea; infectious colitis
infectious esophagitis
parasitic gastroenteritis
viral gastroenteritis
General
gastrointestinal disease
infection (infectious disease)
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16, 17
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012, 2015.
- Zhou Q, Verne ML, Fields JZ et al.
Randomised placebo-controlled trial of dietary glutamine
supplements for postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome.
Gut 2018 Aug 14
PMID: 30108163
- Musher DM, Musher BL.
Contagious acute gastrointestinal infections.
N Engl J Med 2004 Dec 3; 351:2417.
PMID: 15575058
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra041837