Medical and Health Sciences | Article | Published 2021-06-14
Acute intestinal infections (AEI) are a large group of human infectious diseases with an enteral (fecal-oral) mechanism of infection caused by pathogenic and opportunistic bacteria, viruses and protozoa, occurring with a predominant lesion of the gastrointestinal tract in the form of acute gastroenteritis, enterocolitis, colitis with clinical equivalents in the form of abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, in severe cases - with symptoms of toxicosis and exicosis