Incidence and Epidemiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome After a Large Waterborne Outbreak of Bacterial Dysentery | Zendy

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Incidence and Epidemiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome After a Large Waterborne Outbreak of Bacterial Dysentery

Author(s) -

John K. Marshall,

Marroon Thabane,

Amit X. Garg,

William F. Clark,

Marina I. Salvadori,

Stephen M. Collins

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.828

H-Index - 402

eISSN - 1528-0012

pISSN - 0016-5085

DOI - 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.05.053

Subject(s) - irritable bowel syndrome , incidence (geometry) , dysentery , epidemiology , outbreak , medicine , gastroenterology , diarrhea , environmental health , virology , pathology , physics , optics

Postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) is a common clinical phenomenon. To better define its incidence and epidemiology, a large cohort study was initiated after the contamination of a municipal water supply led to a large outbreak of acute Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and Campylobacter jejuni gastroenteritis.

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