Toronto is not the only city that's seeing a Shigella outbreak. In Edmonton, there have been on and off outbreaks since ...

Discover the differences between food poisoning vs the stomach bug, and how to relieve the GI symptoms with both, according ...

Toronto Public Health has reported at least 11 confirmed cases of Shigella infection, all among homeless people. The ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Abdominal pain while peeing is a symptom of numerous health conditions. It could be from a ...

It can also be transmitted through contaminated water or food, although food poisoning is usually caused by a bacterial or parasitic infection. Common symptoms of the stomach bug include diarrhea, ...

and belly pain. Rarely, an infection can lead to seizures, blood infection (called bacteremia), arthritis, and other medical problems. If a child has diarrhea, especially bloody diarrhea, doctors can ...

If someone has persistent symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting, if they develop fevers, if they have severe abdominal pain, the concern is that what they have isn’t run-of-the-mill norovirus. Maybe they ...

Gastroenteritis, often called the “stomach flu,” is an infection ... usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection, says Dr. Boxer. “It can lead to pain, swelling, and fever.

The role of microbiota from the oral cavity swallowed with saliva and either transiting the stomach or persisting in the gastric mucosa is uncertain. It is also not known whether the bacterial ...

Bacterial infection is a frequent trigger of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), syndrome that could also increase the risk of infection. This investigation evaluated prevalence and characteristics ...

Objective: To review relevant studies for both primary and secondary antibiotic prophylaxis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in patients with cirrhosis without gastrointestinal bleeding.

Several guidelines have been published on the use of prophylactic antibiotic therapy for both primary and secondary episodes of SBP. The World Gastroenterology Organization's guideline for the ...