INTRODUCTION Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem disorder that may present with various symptoms. It may involve the gastrointestinal tract in a variety of ways; some of the most well-known ones are transaminitis, lupus mesenteric vasculitis, lupus enteritis and mesenteric vascular leakage. We describe a case of a patient with SLE who presented with a five-month history of diarr...

Necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens is associated with netB positive Clostridium perfringens type A strains. It is known that C. perfringens strains isolated from outbreaks of necrotic enteritis are more capable of secreting factors inhibiting growth of other C. perfringens strains than strains isolated from the gut of healthy chickens. This characteristic could lead to extensive and selecti...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease and has systemic features that can affect all organs. Steroid therapy is an essential treatment option in SLE involving the kidneys, other internal organs, or central nervous system. A 42-year-old woman with a 10-year history of SLE presented with nonspecific nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. She experienced lupus enteritis 7 yea...

background and objectives: clostridium perfringens is more prevalent type of clostridia genus isolated from the intestinal tract of ostrich ( struthio camelus ). necrotic enteritis (ne) is a potentially fatal gastrointestinal (gi) disease of poultry and other avian species, which produces marked destruction of intestinal lining in digestive tract caused by c. perfringens . pathogenicity and les...

2 Acute Duodenitis and Enteritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 General Characteristics (Macari and Balthazar 2001; Thoeni and Cello 2006; D’Almeida et al. 2008; Macari et al. 2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Acute Infectious Conditions of the Duodenum and Small Intestine (Mazzie et al. 2007) . . . . . . . 2.3 Vascular Acute Inflammatory Conditions of the Duodenum and Small ...

The patient was a 41-year-old woman with a 1-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus based on her discoid lupus erythematosus, photosensitivity, and her laboratory test findings that showed lymphopenia, low complement (C3, 38 mg/dL; C4, 4 mg/dL), and the presence of antinuclear antibody (1:320 speckled pattern) and antiphospholipid antibodies (anticardiolipin antibodies, anti-β2-glycoprote...

An intestinal disorder of calves has been described. The clinical manifestations are usually observed in calves 2 or more weeks old. Our experiments indicate that infection may take place relatively early in life and may for a time produce only a mild reaction, but as the disease becomes more chronic the clinical manifestations become more pronounced. The anterior portion of the jejunum is the ...

Mild gastro-intestinal upset is common in babies, but severe disease is not now the scourge it formerly was, and part of the great improvement in infantile mortality is due to its decline in the twentieth century. The reasons for this are not clear, and many theories have been advanced. Formerly, a considerable number of cases of gastro-enteritis were thought to be due to dietetic, that is to s...

Identification of the agent: The virus may be isolated from the liver, spleen and kidneys of birds dying from this infection. Virus may be recovered by infecting susceptible ducklings, in which the disease can be reproduced; by inoculating embryonated Muscovy duck eggs on the chorioallantoic membrane; or by inoculating cell cultures of duck embryo or Muscovy duck embryo origin. The identity of ...

Clostridium perfringens, a prevalent Gram-positive bacterium, causes necrotic diseases associated with abundant life loss and economic burdens of billions USD. The mechanism C. perfringens-induced remains largely unknown, in part, because the lack effective animal models presence large array exotoxins diverse disease manifestations from skin deep tissues to gastrointestinal tract. In light adva...