This chapter contains sections titled: Acute infectious gastroenteritis Sugar intolerance
Chronic diarrhoea Coeliac disease Non‐IgE mediated cow's milk protein allergy Rectal …

Gastrointestinal infections are a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The vast
majority of these are due to gastroenteritis/infectious diarrhea which will be the focus of this …

Background The number of reported cases of enteric infections, most of which are
foodborne, increased in many countries in the 1990s [7]-[10]. New pathogens …

Diarrhea is the main reason for hospitalization in pediatric age groups. It is estimated that
more than 1 billion cases of diarrhea occur each year in developing countries. 4, 5 …

The magnitude and importance of nosocomial diarrhea are just beginning to be appreciated;
in the past, diarrhea was often not recognized or even considered among nosocomial …

Worldwide, there are 1.8 million deaths a year in children under five years caused by
gastroenteritis. Viruses are the commonest cause of acute gastroenteritis in the United …

Gastroenteritis is one of the commonest of childhood infections. This is so throughout the
world. Whilst the incidence of this illness has fallen steadily in the west, in many developing …

Diarrheal Illnesses Page 1 205 N. Gupta et al. (eds.), The MassGeneral Hospital for Children
Handbook of Pediatric Global Health, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-7918-5_15, © Springer …

Our understanding of the aetiology and pathogenesis of acute gastrointestinal infections has
progressed over the past 2 decades at a great pace. Accompanying this explosion of …

Infectious gastroenteritis is a frequent recurring illness in young children. It is caused by a
viral agent in 70 to 80% of cases. Bacteria, parasites, and toxins account for the remaining …