Gastroenteritis

Disease class: Gastrointestinal diseases

Types

• Appendicitis
• Cholera morbus 
• Colitis
• Diverticular diseases 
• Dysentery 
• Enteritis 
• Enterocolitis
• Oesophagitis
• Gastritis 
• Inflammatory bowel diseases 
• Mucositis 
• Proctitis 
• Typhlitis

Gastroenteritis refers to inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, mainly the stomach and small intestines.

 

Symptoms

• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Diarrhoea
• Fever 
• Abdominal pain 
• Fatigue 

 

Infectious causes

Viral 

• Norovirus
• Rotavirus 
• Adenovirus
• Astrovirus

Bacterial 

• Bacillus cereus 
• Campylobacter jejuni  
• Clostridium difficile  
• Escherichia coli O157:H7
• Escherichia coli O104:H4
• Salmonella bongori subspecies : Salmonellosis
• Salmonella enterica subspecies : Salmonellosis
• Shigella species : Shigellosis (bacillary dysentery) 
• Staphylococcus aureus  
• Vibrio cholerae : Cholera morbus 

Protozoal

• Entamoeba species, often E. histolytica : Amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery)
• Giardia lamblia : Giardiasis

Chromistal

• Cryptosporidium species : Cryptosporidiosis 

Non-infectious causes 

• Drug reactions (e.g. NSAIDS)