Etiologic Diagnosis of Acute Diarrhea
Authors: HERBERT L. DUPONT
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1978)

Editorials1 May 1978Etiologic Diagnosis of Acute DiarrheaHERBERT L. DUPONT, M.D., F.A.C.P.HERBERT L. DUPONT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-88-5-707 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptUntil recently, a causative agent could not be isolated from most patients with acute diarrhea. In this issue (pp. 602-606), Hughes, Hollis, and Weaver report the isolation of a noncholera (nonagglutinable) vibrio from 28 patients with gastrointestinal and systemic disease studied during a 3-year period. The infected persons generally gave a history of foreign travel or seafood ingestion. Last year a British study (1) showed that microaerophilic vibrios known as campylobacters were associated with 7% of outpatient diarrheal cases and were not found in asymptomatic control subjects. These agents require special media and special oxygen and temperature for isolation, which...References1. SKIRROW M: Campylobacter enteritis: a "new" disease. Br Med J 2:9-11, 1977 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. GORBACHKEANEVANSEVANSBESSUDO SBDDD: Travelers' diarrhea and toxigenic Escherichia coli. N Engl J Med 292:933-936, 1975 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. KAPIKIANKIMWYATTCLINEARROBIOBRANDTRODRIGUEZSACKCHANOCKPARROTT AHRWJCWDRR: Human reovirus-like agent as the major pathogen associated with "winter" gastroenteritis in hospitalized infants and young children. N Engl J Med 294:965-972, 1976 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. DUPONTFORMALHORNICKSNYDERLIBONATISHEAHANLABRECKALAS HSRMJDEJ: Pathogenesis of Escherichia coli diarrhea. N Engl J Med 285:1-9, 1971 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. EVANSSILVEREVANSCHASEGORBACH DRDDS: Plasmid-controlled colonization factor associated with virulence in Escherichia coli enterotoxigenic for humans. Infect Immun 12:656-667, 1975 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. ØRSHOVØRSHOVEVANSSACKSACKWADSTRÖM FIDRDT: Special Escherichia coli serotypes among enterotoxigenic strains from diarrhea in adults and children. Med Microbiol Immunol 162:73-80, 1976 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. O'BRIENTHOMPSONCANTEYFORMAL AMJS: Production of a Shigella dysenteriae-like toxin by pathogenic Escherichia coli (abstract). Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology New Orleans, Louisiana, 8-13 May, 1977 Google Scholar8. GURWITHWISEMANCHOW MDP: Clinical and laboratory assessment of the pathogenicity of serotyped enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. J Infect Dis 135:736-743, 1977 CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BISHOPDAVIDSONHOLMESRUCK RGIB: Virus particles in epithelial cells of duodenal mucosa from children with acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis. Lancer 2:1281-1283, 1973 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Program in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology The University of Texas Medical School Houston, Texas PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByDrug Information Analysis ServiceConstipation, Diarrhea, Gas, and the IntestineBismuth Subalicylate Therapy of Viral Gastroenteritis 1 May 1978Volume 88, Issue 5Page: 707-708KeywordsAcute diarrheaCampylobacterDiarrheaIngestionOutpatientsOxygenSystemic diseasesTemperatureVibrio Issue Published: 1 May 1978 PDF DownloadLoading ...