Bacterial Enteritis

Bacterial enteritis is an inflammatory condition of the gastroenterology department, caused by organisms including Salmonella, Campylobacter, and E. coli, resulting from unsanitary dietary habits. The basic clinical presentation is frequent diarrhea with large watery stool, no pus or blood, generally no abdominal pain or tenesmus, often accompanied by vomiting, and prone to dehydration, electrolyte disturbance, and acidosis, with mild systemic toxic symptoms. Antibiotics may be used. Before medication, a stool routine and bacterial culture should be performed at the hospital to select the appropriate antibiotic based on the bacterial species. For mild dehydration without severe vomiting, oral rehydration salts may be used; the WHO-recommended oral rehydration solution contains sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride, glucose or sucrose, added to water. For severe dehydration or vomiting, intravenous normal saline, isotonic sodium bicarbonate and potassium chloride solution, and glucose may be administered.

Common Symptoms

Garrison physician; diarrhea; bloody purulent stool; tenesmus; incomplete evacuation sensation; abdominal pain; greenish stool

Causes and Pathogenesis

Bacterial enteritis is caused by E. coli, Salmonella, Yersinia (causing enterocolitis), Bacillus aerogenes, Campylobacter jejuni, and Clostridium (causing hemorrhagic gastroenteritis in dogs). Escherichia coli was discovered by Escherich in 1885 and was long considered part of normal intestinal flora and non-pathogenic. Common symptoms of bacterial enteritis include abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue, and fever; generally, cold exposure and eating unclean food may easily cause bacterial enteritis.

Treatment

Drug therapy, rehabilitation therapy

Preventive Measures

1. Maintain environmental hygiene, strengthen toilet and feces management, eliminate fly breeding sites, and mobilize the public to eliminate flies. 2. Strengthen dietary hygiene and water source management, especially hygiene supervision of individual and street food vendors. 3. Cooks and childcare workers in institutions should undergo regular stool examinations and bacterial cultures.

Department to Visit

It is recommended to visit the Gastroenterology department; an appointment can be booked on this platform before the visit.

Warm reminder: The above information is for health science reference only and cannot replace professional medical diagnosis. If you have related symptoms, please seek medical attention at a regular hospital promptly.