Gastroenteritis: Forskelle mellem versioner

'''Gastroenteritis''' er en betændelsestilstand (-"''itis''") i mave (-"''gastro''") og tarm (-"''entero''")-kanalen som fører til en kombination af [[diarre]], [[opkast]] og, [[bughule]]smerter og kramper.<ref name=EBMED2010>{{cite journal|last=Singh|first=Amandeep|title=Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice Acute Gastroenteritis — An Update|journal=Emergency Medicine Practice|date=juli 2010|volume=7|issue=7|url=http://www.ebmedicine.net/topics.php?paction=showTopic&topic_id=229}}</ref>

Globalt er de fleste gastroenteritter blandt børn forårsaget af [[rotavirus]].<ref name="pmid22030330">{{cite journal |author=Tate JE, Burton AH, Boschi-Pinto C, Steele AD, Duque J, Parashar UD |title=2008 estimate of worldwide rotavirus-associated mortality in children younger than 5 years before the introduction of universal rotavirus vaccination programmes: a systematic review and meta-analysis |journal=The Lancet Infectious Diseases |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=136–41 |date=februar 2012 |pmid=22030330 |doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70253-5 }}</ref> I voksne [[norovirus]]<ref name="pmid21695033">{{cite journal |author=Marshall JA, Bruggink LD |title=The dynamics of norovirus outbreak epidemics: recent insights |journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=1141–9 |date=april 2011 |pmid=21695033 |pmc=3118882 |doi=10.3390/ijerph8041141}}</ref> og [[Campylobacter]].<ref name="pmid22025030">{{cite journal |author=Man SM |title=The clinical importance of emerging Campylobacter species |journal=Nature Reviews. Gastroenterology & Hepatology |volume=8 |issue=12 |pages=669–85 |date=december 2011 |pmid=22025030 |doi=10.1038/nrgastro.2011.191}}</ref> Mere sjældne årsager skyldes andre bakterier (og deres toksiner). Smitte sker ofte som følge af indtag af dårligt tilberedt mad eller kontamineret vand eller via tæt kontakt med inficeretinficerede individer.