Pathogenesis of Bacterial Diarrheas

Abstract
NO less than a renaissance has emerged in studies of diarrhea, in spite of the unattractive attributes of feces, the difficulty in identifying pathogens among a sea of other bacteria, and the consequent belief that identification may come too late to influence therapy. The increasing apposition of the interests of temperate and tropical countries has prompted an awareness of the global importance of enteric diseases and has attracted considerable research support. In the information explosion that has followed, the traditional concerns of microbiologists and epidemiologists have been influenced by immunologists and physiologists belatedly recognizing the unique experiments of nature that . . .