Medically reviewed by Shadi Hamdeh, MD Diarrhea is usually contagious when it is acute, meaning it comes on suddenly. Acute ...

Although the differential diagnosis of infectious diarrhea is broad, the clinical history can help guide the clinician toward the appropriate evaluation for each patient. For those patients with ...

Dying of dysentery is now more than just a video game meme in Oregon. In a disgusting turn of events straight out of the ...

It can cause bloating, abdominal pain or discomfort, and constipation or diarrhea. In some people, IBS develops suddenly after having gastroenteritis. This is known as post-infectious IBS.

Acute, bacterial diarrhea can be severe and, in some cases, life-threatening. The standard method with which to diagnose acute, infectious diarrhea is bacteriological culture; however, this ...

At our institution, the cost per positive enteric culture to diagnose an enteric bacterial infection in 1996 was $1889. This only accounts for the direct cost of stool cultures and does not take ...