Digestive Disorders Health Center

Gastroenteritis

Multimedia

Media file 1: Cryptococcus colitis (shown at the arrows). Image courtesy of Alexis Carter, MD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, East Carolina University.

Media file 2: Pathological changes seen in intestinal lumen with pseudomembranous colitis (indicated by arrows). Image courtesy of Alexis Carter, MD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, East Carolina University.

Media file 3: Helicobacter pylori bacteria. (Click on picture to see better detail.) Image courtesy of Alexis Carter, MD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, East Carolina University.

Media file 4: Strongyloides stercoralis parasite (highlighted by arrows). Image courtesy of Alexis Carter, MD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, East Carolina University.

Media file 5: Giardia lamblia (indicated by the arrows). Image courtesy of Alexis Carter, MD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, East Carolina University.

Media file 6: Normal stain of stool sample looking for ova, parasites, and leukocytes. Image courtesy of Alexis Carter, MD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, East Carolina University.

Synonyms and Keywords

stomach flu, intestinal flu, dysentery, infectious diarrhea, diarrhea, traveler's diarrhea, lactose intolerance, adenoviruses, rotaviruses, calciviruses, astroviruses, Norovirus, Norwalk-like virus, Norwalk virus, Escherichia coli, E coli, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Shigella, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, food poisoning, symptoms of stomach flu, stomach flu symptoms, flu symptoms, vomiting, infectious gastroenteritis, improper handwashing, giardiasis, abdomen tenderness, gastrointestinal disease, dehydration, infection of the digestive tract, digestive tract, viral gastroenteritis, gastroenteritis