Bacterial Gastroenteritis
Definition
Incidence
Risk Factors
Symptoms
Evaluation
Treatment
specialist
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diarrhea in adults
diarrhea in children
pain and fever adults
pain and fever children
vomiting in adults
vomiting in children
warning signs
Prevention
Complications
Underlying Cause
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Bacterial Gastroenteritis Incidence
Facts about bacterial
gastroenteritis
:
Contaminated food accounts for about 76 million cases of
gastroenteritis
illness each year in the U.S.
About 325,000 people in the US are hospitalized each year for
gastroenteritis
.
About 5,000 deaths in the US are due to
gastroenteritis
each year.
Viruses cause millions of intestinal infections each year.
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Bacterial Gastroenteritis Risk Factors
Related Topics:
Abdominal pain
Campylobacter enteritis
Cholera
Diarrhea
Food poisoning
Gastroenteritis
Salmonella infection
Shigella infection
Traveler's diarrhea
Viral gastroenteritis
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Last Updated: Feb 27, 2008
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;
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