Infections of the Gastrointestinal System

Chetana Vaishnavi MDProfessor and Chief, Division of GE Microbiology, Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

• Section 1: General TopicsNormal and Abnormal Bacterial Flora of the GutEtiology and Prevention of Food-borne Bacterial GastroenteritisImaging of Gastrointestinal InfectionsAntimicrobial Therapy for Infectious DiarrheaProbiotics and Prebiotics in Gastrointestinal Health and DiseaseDietary and Nutritional Management in Gastrointestinal Infections Section 2: Special Bacterial DiseasesClostridium Difficile Associated DiseaseTyphoid and Paratyphoid Fever Section 3: Gastrointestinal TuberculosisClinical Presentation of Gastrointestinal TuberculosisDiagnostic Methods for Gastrointestinal TuberculosisManagement of Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis Section 4: Helicobacter pylori Clinical Spectrum and Epidemiology of Helicobacter pyloriPathology and Pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori InfectionLaboratory Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori InfectionMedical Management of Peptic Ulcer Disease Section 5: Specific Bacterial GastroenteritisShigella and ShigellosisNontyphoidal SalmonellaeEscherichia Coli DiarrheasYersinia Enterocolitica and Gastrointestinal DiseaseClinical Manifestations of Campylobacter InfectionEpidemic-prone Vibrio choleraNoncholera Vibrios in HumanCurrent Perspectives on Pathogenesis of Aeromonas Section 6: Viral Diarrhea Rotavirus DiarrheaNon-rotavirus Viral Diarrhea Section 7: Parasitic DiseasesIntestinal and Extraintestinal AmebiasisBalantidium coli Infection in HumansRecent Insights into Giardia Lamblia InfectionIntestinal Protozoan Infections in Immunocompromised PersonsIntestinal NematodesHuman Intestinal CestodesHydatid Disease in HumansTrematode Infections of Gastrointestinal System Section 8: Fungal InfectionsFungal Infections of Gastrointestinal Tract Section 9: Infections of Gastrointestinal Allied OrgansBacterial HepatitisViral HepatitisPutative Hepatitis VirusesAcute CholangitisInfections of the PancreasSpontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Section 10: Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Other InfectionsGastrointestinal AnthraxGastrointestinal Manifestations of LeptospirosisHuman BrucellosisCytomegalovirus and Gastrointestinal TractGastrointestinal and Hepatic Manifestations of Dengue InfectionMalaria and the Liver