Cyclosporiasis: Practice Essentials, Pathophysiology, Epidemiology
Cyclospora cayetanensis is an intestinal coccidia that infects the GI tract of both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts ... 206 cases of Cyclospora infections were reported to the CDC from 27 states. Eighteen cases required hospitalization; however, ... The first reported outbreak of diarrheal illness associated with Cyclospora in the United States. Ann Intern Med. 1995 Sep 15. ... Increase in Reported cases of Cyclospora cayetanensis Infection, United States, Summer 2017. CDC Health Alert Network. ...
Pediatric Food Poisoning: Background, Pathophysiology, Epidemiology
Food-borne illnesses are diverse in etiology, and food poisoning can follow ingestion of infectious organisms or noninfectious ... No sex predilection is known for any food-borne illness; however, Listeria infection is often severe and life-threatening in ... The return of Cyclospora in 1997: another outbreak of cyclosporiasis in North America associated with imported raspberries. ... Listeria monocytogenes infection from foods prepared in a commercial establishment: a case-control study of potential sources ...
Intestinal Protozoal Diseases: Background, Pathophysiology, Etiology
A foodborne outbreak of Cyclospora cayetanensis at a wedding: clinical features and risk factors for illness. Arch Intern Med. ... Case-control study of Cryptosporidium parvum infection in Peruvian children hospitalized for diarrhea: possible association ... Epidemiology. United States statistics. At least 325 water-associated outbreaks of parasitic protozoan disease have been ... The first reported outbreak of diarrheal illness associated with Cyclospora in the United States. Ann Intern Med. 1995 Sep 15. ...
Cystoisosporiasis: Background, Pathophysiology, Etiology
Isosporiasis is an uncommon diarrheal illness caused by the protozoan Isospora belli. Isospora was first described by Virchow ... See Epidemiology.). C belli infection usually causes a mild and protracted illness unless the patient is immunocompromised. ( ... Cystoisospora infection is not as common as infection with Cryptosporidium or Toxoplasma. The first case of human infection ... C belli has been reported as the cause of outbreaks of diarrheal illness in daycare centers and mental institutions and has ...
Cyclospora Infection (Cyclosporiasis): Background, Pathophysiology, Epidemiology
... produces an intestinal infection in nonimmune persons that is ultimately self-limited (lasting up to 7-9 wk) and characterized ... Cyclospora cayetanensis (8-10 µm in diameter), a coccidian protozoan parasite, ... A foodborne outbreak of Cyclospora cayetanensis at a wedding: clinical features and risk factors for illness. Arch Intern Med. ... 16,264 cases of foodborne illness in the United States each year out of the estimated 76 million cases of foodborne illness ...
Emergent Treatment of Gastroenteritis: Background, Pathophysiology, Etiology
In some cases, infection resolves within 2-3 days of discontinuing the offending antibiotic. However, there are cases that ... Epidemiology. United States data. Frequency is difficult to determine because of underreporting, especially of mild illness, ... In 2009 alone, foodborne agents were responsible for 13,497 illnesses from 668 reported outbreaks in the United States. There ... In April 1994, 96 cases of Campylobacter infection were reported in Florida. The common source was contaminated commercial ice ...
Vibrio Infections: Background, Pathophysiology, Epidemiology
Vibrio cholera infections and noncholera Vibrio infections. Historically, the noncholera Vibrio species are classified as ... Vibrio infections are largely classified into two distinct groups: ... During a large outbreak of gastroenteritis in July 2004 in the Gulf of Alaska, V parahaemolyticus caused illness in almost one ... including 45,000 cases of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection and approximately 100 cases of Vibrio vulnificus infection. However ...