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Infectious disease of digestive tract

MedGen UID:
675852
•Concept ID:
C0729555
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Digestive System Infection; Gastrointestinal Infection; Gastrointestinal System Infection; Infection of digestive system
SNOMED CT: Infectious disease of digestive tract (128398001); Infection of digestive system (312158001)

Definition

A viral, bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infectious process that affects the digestive system. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVInfectious disease of digestive tract

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal Candidiasis: Current Updates.
Mohamed AA, Lu XL, Mounmin FA
Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019;2019:3585136. Epub 2019 Oct 20 doi: 10.1155/2019/3585136. PMID: 31772927Free PMC Article
Impact of Different Types of Diet on Gut Microbiota Profiles and Cancer Prevention and Treatment.
Klement RJ, Pazienza V
Medicina (Kaunas) 2019 Mar 29;55(4) doi: 10.3390/medicina55040084. PMID: 30934960Free PMC Article
Gut-Liver Axis, Gut Microbiota, and Its Modulation in the Management of Liver Diseases: A Review of the Literature.
Milosevic I, Vujovic A, Barac A, Djelic M, Korac M, Radovanovic Spurnic A, Gmizic I, Stevanovic O, Djordjevic V, Lekic N, Russo E, Amedei A
Int J Mol Sci 2019 Jan 17;20(2) doi: 10.3390/ijms20020395. PMID: 30658519Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Effect of Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract on Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
SuDDICU Investigators for the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group, Myburgh JA, Seppelt IM, Goodman F, Billot L, Correa M, Davis JS, Gordon AC, Hammond NE, Iredell J, Li Q, Micallef S, Miller J, Mysore J, Taylor C, Young PJ, Cuthbertson BH, Finfer SR
JAMA 2022 Nov 15;328(19):1911-1921. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.17927. PMID: 36286097Free PMC Article
The Interplay between the Gut Microbiome and the Immune System in the Context of Infectious Diseases throughout Life and the Role of Nutrition in Optimizing Treatment Strategies.
Wiertsema SP, van Bergenhenegouwen J, Garssen J, Knippels LMJ
Nutrients 2021 Mar 9;13(3) doi: 10.3390/nu13030886. PMID: 33803407Free PMC Article
Approach to Patients with Unintentional Weight Loss.
Perera LAM, Chopra A, Shaw AL
Med Clin North Am 2021 Jan;105(1):175-186. Epub 2020 Nov 7 doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2020.08.019. PMID: 33246517
A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2018 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology.
Miller JM, Binnicker MJ, Campbell S, Carroll KC, Chapin KC, Gilligan PH, Gonzalez MD, Jerris RC, Kehl SC, Patel R, Pritt BS, Richter SS, Robinson-Dunn B, Schwartzman JD, Snyder JW, Telford S 3rd, Theel ES, Thomson RB Jr, Weinstein MP, Yao JD
Clin Infect Dis 2018 Aug 31;67(6):e1-e94. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy381. PMID: 29955859Free PMC Article
Maternal immune activation: Implications for neuropsychiatric disorders.
Estes ML, McAllister AK
Science 2016 Aug 19;353(6301):772-7. doi: 10.1126/science.aag3194. PMID: 27540164Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Gut microbiota composition reflects disease severity and dysfunctional immune responses in patients with COVID-19.
Yeoh YK, Zuo T, Lui GC, Zhang F, Liu Q, Li AY, Chung AC, Cheung CP, Tso EY, Fung KS, Chan V, Ling L, Joynt G, Hui DS, Chow KM, Ng SSS, Li TC, Ng RW, Yip TC, Wong GL, Chan FK, Wong CK, Chan PK, Ng SC
Gut 2021 Apr;70(4):698-706. Epub 2021 Jan 11 doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323020. PMID: 33431578Free PMC Article
Approach to Patients with Unintentional Weight Loss.
Perera LAM, Chopra A, Shaw AL
Med Clin North Am 2021 Jan;105(1):175-186. Epub 2020 Nov 7 doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2020.08.019. PMID: 33246517
A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2018 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology.
Miller JM, Binnicker MJ, Campbell S, Carroll KC, Chapin KC, Gilligan PH, Gonzalez MD, Jerris RC, Kehl SC, Patel R, Pritt BS, Richter SS, Robinson-Dunn B, Schwartzman JD, Snyder JW, Telford S 3rd, Theel ES, Thomson RB Jr, Weinstein MP, Yao JD
Clin Infect Dis 2018 Aug 31;67(6):e1-e94. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy381. PMID: 29955859Free PMC Article
Gut Microbiota, Inflammation, and Colorectal Cancer.
Brennan CA, Garrett WS
Annu Rev Microbiol 2016 Sep 8;70:395-411. doi: 10.1146/annurev-micro-102215-095513. PMID: 27607555Free PMC Article
The gut microbiome in health and in disease.
Shreiner AB, Kao JY, Young VB
Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2015 Jan;31(1):69-75. doi: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000139. PMID: 25394236Free PMC Article

Therapy

Effect of Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract on Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
SuDDICU Investigators for the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group, Myburgh JA, Seppelt IM, Goodman F, Billot L, Correa M, Davis JS, Gordon AC, Hammond NE, Iredell J, Li Q, Micallef S, Miller J, Mysore J, Taylor C, Young PJ, Cuthbertson BH, Finfer SR
JAMA 2022 Nov 15;328(19):1911-1921. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.17927. PMID: 36286097Free PMC Article
Impact of Different Types of Diet on Gut Microbiota Profiles and Cancer Prevention and Treatment.
Klement RJ, Pazienza V
Medicina (Kaunas) 2019 Mar 29;55(4) doi: 10.3390/medicina55040084. PMID: 30934960Free PMC Article
Tight junction proteins in gastrointestinal and liver disease.
Zeisel MB, Dhawan P, Baumert TF
Gut 2019 Mar;68(3):547-561. Epub 2018 Oct 8 doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-316906. PMID: 30297438Free PMC Article
Gut dysbiosis is linked to hypertension.
Yang T, Santisteban MM, Rodriguez V, Li E, Ahmari N, Carvajal JM, Zadeh M, Gong M, Qi Y, Zubcevic J, Sahay B, Pepine CJ, Raizada MK, Mohamadzadeh M
Hypertension 2015 Jun;65(6):1331-40. Epub 2015 Apr 13 doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.05315. PMID: 25870193Free PMC Article
Diarrhea in the immunocompromised patient.
Krones E, Högenauer C
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2012 Sep;41(3):677-701. Epub 2012 Jul 4 doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2012.06.009. PMID: 22917171

Prognosis

Profiling the human intestinal environment under physiological conditions.
Shalon D, Culver RN, Grembi JA, Folz J, Treit PV, Shi H, Rosenberger FA, Dethlefsen L, Meng X, Yaffe E, Aranda-Díaz A, Geyer PE, Mueller-Reif JB, Spencer S, Patterson AD, Triadafilopoulos G, Holmes SP, Mann M, Fiehn O, Relman DA, Huang KC
Nature 2023 May;617(7961):581-591. Epub 2023 May 10 doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05989-7. PMID: 37165188Free PMC Article
Effect of Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract on Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
SuDDICU Investigators for the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group, Myburgh JA, Seppelt IM, Goodman F, Billot L, Correa M, Davis JS, Gordon AC, Hammond NE, Iredell J, Li Q, Micallef S, Miller J, Mysore J, Taylor C, Young PJ, Cuthbertson BH, Finfer SR
JAMA 2022 Nov 15;328(19):1911-1921. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.17927. PMID: 36286097Free PMC Article
Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis: A state-of-the-art review.
Fortes HR, von Ranke FM, Escuissato DL, Araujo Neto CA, Zanetti G, Hochhegger B, Souza CA, Marchiori E
Respir Med 2017 May;126:116-121. Epub 2017 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2017.03.030. PMID: 28427542
Cholera.
Lippi D, Gotuzzo E, Caini S
Microbiol Spectr 2016 Aug;4(4) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.PoH-0012-2015. PMID: 27726771
The gut microbiome in health and in disease.
Shreiner AB, Kao JY, Young VB
Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2015 Jan;31(1):69-75. doi: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000139. PMID: 25394236Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Profiling the human intestinal environment under physiological conditions.
Shalon D, Culver RN, Grembi JA, Folz J, Treit PV, Shi H, Rosenberger FA, Dethlefsen L, Meng X, Yaffe E, Aranda-Díaz A, Geyer PE, Mueller-Reif JB, Spencer S, Patterson AD, Triadafilopoulos G, Holmes SP, Mann M, Fiehn O, Relman DA, Huang KC
Nature 2023 May;617(7961):581-591. Epub 2023 May 10 doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05989-7. PMID: 37165188Free PMC Article
Exclusive Breastfeeding and Childhood Morbidity: A Narrative Review.
Hossain S, Mihrshahi S
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Nov 10;19(22) doi: 10.3390/ijerph192214804. PMID: 36429518Free PMC Article
Gut microbiota dysbiosis contributes to the development of hypertension.
Li J, Zhao F, Wang Y, Chen J, Tao J, Tian G, Wu S, Liu W, Cui Q, Geng B, Zhang W, Weldon R, Auguste K, Yang L, Liu X, Chen L, Yang X, Zhu B, Cai J
Microbiome 2017 Feb 1;5(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s40168-016-0222-x. PMID: 28143587Free PMC Article
Gut dysbiosis is linked to hypertension.
Yang T, Santisteban MM, Rodriguez V, Li E, Ahmari N, Carvajal JM, Zadeh M, Gong M, Qi Y, Zubcevic J, Sahay B, Pepine CJ, Raizada MK, Mohamadzadeh M
Hypertension 2015 Jun;65(6):1331-40. Epub 2015 Apr 13 doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.05315. PMID: 25870193Free PMC Article
Climate change: challenges and opportunities for global health.
Patz JA, Frumkin H, Holloway T, Vimont DJ, Haines A
JAMA 2014 Oct 15;312(15):1565-80. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.13186. PMID: 25244362Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Association of Oral Function and Dysphagia with Frailty and Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Sakai K, Nakayama E, Yoneoka D, Sakata N, Iijima K, Tanaka T, Hayashi K, Sakuma K, Hoshino E
Cells 2022 Jul 14;11(14) doi: 10.3390/cells11142199. PMID: 35883642Free PMC Article
Antibiotics for uncomplicated diverticulitis.
Dichman ML, Rosenstock SJ, Shabanzadeh DM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Jun 22;6(6):CD009092. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009092.pub3. PMID: 35731704Free PMC Article
Epidemiology of anal human papillomavirus infection and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in 29 900 men according to HIV status, sexuality, and age: a collaborative pooled analysis of 64 studies.
Wei F, Gaisa MM, D'Souza G, Xia N, Giuliano AR, Hawes SE, Gao L, Cheng SH, Donà MG, Goldstone SE, Schim van der Loeff MF, Neukam K, Meites E, Poynten IM, Dai J, Combes JD, Wieland U, Burgos J, Wilkin TJ, Hernandez AL, Iribarren Díaz M, Hidalgo-Tenorio C, Valencia Arredondo M, Nyitray AG, Wentzensen N, Chow EP, Smelov V, Nowak RG, Phanuphak N, Woo YL, Choi Y, Hu Y, Schofield AM, Woestenberg PJ, Chikandiwa AT, Hickey AC, de Pokomandy A, Murenzi G, Péré H, Del Pino M, Ortiz AP, Charnot-Katsikas A, Liu X, Chariyalertsak S, Strong C, Ong JJ, Yunihastuti E, Etienney I, Ferré VM, Zou H, Segondy M, Chinyowa S, Alberts CJ, Clifford GM
Lancet HIV 2021 Sep;8(9):e531-e543. Epub 2021 Jul 30 doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00108-9. PMID: 34339628Free PMC Article
Chronic constipation: A review of literature.
Forootan M, Bagheri N, Darvishi M
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 May;97(20):e10631. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000010631. PMID: 29768326Free PMC Article
Severe cytomegalovirus infection in apparently immunocompetent patients: a systematic review.
Rafailidis PI, Mourtzoukou EG, Varbobitis IC, Falagas ME
Virol J 2008 Mar 27;5:47. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-5-47. PMID: 18371229Free PMC Article

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