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This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they exist. The article ends with the author's clinical recommendations.

A 47-year-old man reports a 1-week history of diarrhea, with grossly bloody stools for the past 5 days. He reports no history of travel, contacts with sick persons, or underlying gastrointestinal disease. How should he be evaluated and treated for an infectious cause of his illness?

The Clinical Problem

Foodborne bacterial diarrhea is an emerging health threat that is attributable to the increased consumption of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Strategies and Evidence

Evaluation

Conditions Associated with Bacterial Diarrhea

            Acute Watery Diarrhea

            Dysentery

            Food Poisoning

            Traveler's Diarrhea

            Nosocomial Diarrhea

Treatment

Areas of Uncertainty

Guidelines

Conclusions and Recommendations

Source Information

From the University of Texas School of Public Health, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Kelsey Research Foundation — all in Houston.

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Address reprint requests to Dr. DuPont at 1200 Herman Pressler Dr., Suite 733, Houston, TX 77030, or at herbert.l.dupont@uth.tmc.edu.

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