gastroenteritis/headache

A 63-year-old patient presented to our emergency unit two days after returning from India suffering from watery diarrhea, nausea, fever and headache. On admission we found a maculopapular rash on his trunk and forehead. Laboratory findings revealed a leuko-thrombopenia and elevated levels of CRP and

Campylobacter fetus ss. jejuni has recently been recognized as a very common cause of gastroenteritis. Symptoms of Campylobacter gastroenteritis include fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain, myalgia and headache. Bloody diarrhea occurs in about 50 percent of patients. This organism is now being isolated

In June 1977 an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis affected 103 students and teachers at an elementary school in Ohio. The illness typically lasted 24 hours or less and was characterized by vomiting (86%) and cramping (70%), but more than half of the persons involved also reported having nausea,

The study presented here was conducted in order to gain a better understanding of the role of astroviruses (AsVs) in outbreaks of gastroenteritis among the elderly. This report is the first to provide detailed information on the molecular characteristics of an AsV causing an outbreak in an aged-care

An outbreak of gastroenteritis involving a total of 256 patients (49.7%) among 515 persons occurred at a primary and secondary school in Agatsuma Town, Gunma Prefecture between the 23rd and 28th of June 1988. The majority of the cases occurred within the first 4 days. The main symptoms were

In May 2000, an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis caused by human group C rotavirus (CHRV) occurred in a youth educational center located in the southern area of Okayama Prefecture. A total of 172 schoolchildren and teachers, who consisted of 51 persons belonging to F school and 121 persons

OBJECTIVE To investigate the differences in clinical features and laboratory findings between group D and non-group D non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) gastroenteritis in children. METHODS A retrospective chart review of children diagnosed with NTS confirmed by culture study was performed. The clinical

In June 2001, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services/Public Health conducted a cohort study of an outbreak of acute febrile gastroenteritis among 16 of 44 healthy attendees of a catered party. The median age of the attendees who became ill was 15.5 years. Symptoms included body aches

In January 1989 and outbreak of gastroenteritis (GE) occurred among the residents and the employees of the Extended Care Unit (ECU) of a Florida hospital. There were 14 cases (38.9%) among the 36 ECU patients and 10 (19.2%) among the 52 employees. The illness was characterized by watery diarrhea,

Estimates of the burden of foodborne disease rely on attributing a proportion of syndromic gastroenteritis to foodborne transmission. Persons with syndromic diarrhoea/vomiting can also present with concurrent respiratory symptoms that could be due to respiratory infections, gastrointestinal

Noroviruses are important pathogens in both sporadic cases and outbreaks of gastroenteritis in humans. Noroviruses can affect individuals of all ages in a variety of settings, but are a particularly important cause of gastroenteritis in aged-care facilities. The relationship between clinical

In September 2008, the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) learned of an outbreak of diarrheal illness that included a 71-year-old patient hospitalized for gastroenteritis with a blood culture positive for Listeria monocytogenes. Three stool specimens provided by seven of 19 persons

On August 5, 2005, a private hospital reported a large number of students with gastrointestinal illness from the same school in Bangkok, Thailand. The Bureau of Epidemiology along with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration investigated this outbreak, to determine risk factors, identify the source

From 1990 to 2004, the reported rates of diarrheal disease (three or more loose stools or a greater than normal frequency in a 24-hour period) on cruise ships decreased 2.4%, from 29.2 cases per 100,000 travel days to 28.5 cases (1,2). Increased rates of acute gastroenteritis illness (diarrhea or

Background: Three severe acute gastroenteritis patients were identified within a 5-h period in a sentinel hospital enrolled in the foodborne pathogen surveillance project in Beijing. All patients had high fever (over 38.5°C), diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting, and headache. Methods: