학술논문
Post-Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome after an Epidemic of Gastroenteritis in South of Iran.
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*GASTROENTERITIS
*ESCHERICHIA coli
*IRRITABLE colon
*QUANTITATIVE research
*MANN Whitney U Test
*RISK assessment
*WATER pollution
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CHI-squared test
*DISEASE prevalence
*DATA analysis software
*POST-infectious disorders
*DISEASE risk factors
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2008-5230
Abstract
Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic disabling condition without a well-defined etiology. Infectious gastroenteritis (IGE) has been linked to this syndrome. There are few data from Iran on this association. Methods: In August 2018, an epidemic of IGE caused by Escherichia coli occurred in a village in the west of Shiraz in southern Iran. One year after this epidemic, the occurrence of IBS was surveyed in those who suffered from IGE based on Rome IV criteria in that village. Results: Of 179 patients included in the present study, 17 patients (9.5%) had postinfectious (PI)-IBS. There was no difference in age, sex, antibiotic use, hematochezia, duration of infectious diarrhea, fever, and weight loss at the time of IGE between those with and without PI-IBS. Conclusion: PI-IBS is common after IGE, but no risk factor for its development was found in this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]