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@MayoClinicGIHep Gastroenterology & Hepatology Fellow. Yale Internal Medicine, Dartmouth Med. 🦠Microbiome, brain-gut axis, diet, IBS, IBD, motility, #MedEd🇬🇷

Oct 23, 2022, 11 tweets

Enteric infections and food borne illness

#MedTwitter #GITwitter #IDTwitter #ACG2022

Amebiasis

Infectious mimics of #IBD

Identifying cause of infectious diarrhea

Challenges with diagnosis

Remember GI manifestations of tick-borne illness

Acute infectious diarrhea guidelines

Antibiotic ➕loperamide most effective in travelers diarrhea. Single agent works!

Non infectious complications

#MarkRiddle: in those with #IBD or #IBS, can consider rifaximin or bismuth as prophylaxis against enteric infection while traveling

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