In:
Postgraduate Medical Journal, Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 66, No. 782 ( 1990-12-01), p. 1037-1039
Kurzfassung:
Five hundred and ninety-four patients were consecutively admitted to an infectious disease unit over a 2-year period with a referral diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis or food poisoning. In 175 (29%) patients, gastrointestinal symptoms were associated with a condition other than gastrointestinal infection. Non-infective gastrointestinal disease was present in 90 patients, systemic infection in 50 and systemic disease in 35. Four illustrative case histories are presented to emphasize the need for a high index of suspicion if diseases such as malaria, septicaemia or appendicitis are not to be missed.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0032-5473
,
1469-0756
DOI:
10.1136/pgmj.66.782.1037
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publikationsdatum:
1990
ZDB Id:
2009568-5
