enterocolitis
Sign in to saveEnterocolitis is an inflammation of the digestive tract, involving enteritis of the small intestine and colitis of the colon. It may be caused by various infections, with bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, or other causes. Common clinical manifestations of enterocolitis are frequent diarrheal defecations, with or without nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, chills, and alteration of general condition. General manifestations are given by the dissemination of the infectious agent or its toxins throughout the body, or – most frequently – by significant losses of water and minerals, the cons
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- Medical condition (new).name
- Enterocolitis
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Coloenteritis
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Research
24,369 papers- Necrotizing Enterocolitis.World review of nutrition and dietetics · 2021
- Preface: Necrotizing enterocolitis.Seminars in pediatric surgery · 2023
- Clostridial enterocolitis.The Veterinary clinics of North America. Equine practice · 2000
- Enterocolitis.Seminars in pediatric surgery · 1998
- Necrotizing enterocolitis.Hospital medicine (London, England : 1998) · 2004
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- ICD-9-CM
- 558.9
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C79573
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Enterocolitis is an inflammation of the digestive tract, involving enteritis of the small intestine and colitis of the colon. It may be caused by various infections, with bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, or other causes. Common clinical manifestations of enterocolitis are frequent diarrheal defecations, with or without nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, chills, and alteration of general condition. General manifestations are given by the dissemination of the infectious agent or its toxins throughout the body, or – most frequently – by significant losses of water and minerals, the consequence of diarrhea and vomiting.
==Signs and symptoms== Symptoms of enterocolitis include abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, fever, and loss of appetite.