Category: E

Surgical creation of a communication between two intestinal segments.  

A genus of protozoa of the order Microsporidia. E. bieneusiis a cause of chronic diarrhea in AIDS patients.  

A plastic surgical procedure involving the use of a portion of intestine to enlarge the bladder.  

A cystic tumor of the intestinal wall.  

A hernia of the bladder wall and intestine.  

A surgical joining of the small intestine to the colon. A surgical procedure that connects the small and large intestines, often following the removal of a diseased segment, where the severed ends of the colon and small intestine are rejoined.  

Incision of both the gallbladder and the intestine.  

A surgically created opening between the gallbladder and small intestine.  

The species commonly known as “pinworms” that causes enterobiasis, a parasitic infestation of the large intestine. The small, white adult worms live in the cecum and adjacent portions of the colon; at night the females migrate to the anus and lay their eggs on the perianal skin. The eggs hatch by morning. Infestations cause irritation…

A family of gram-negative, nonspore-forming, facultatively anaerobic bacilli. Some are intestinal pathogens, others are usually normal colonizers of the human intestinal tract. Included in the family are Shigella, Salmonella, Escherichia, Klebsiella, Proteus, Enterobacter, and Yersinia.