Increasing Rates of Diagnosis, Substantial Co-Occurrence, and Variable Treatment Patterns of Eosinophilic Gastritis, Gastroenteritis, and Colitis Based on 10-Year Data Across a Multicenter Consortium

• Published in: The American journal of gastroenterology Vol. 114; no. 6; pp. 984 - 994
• Main Authors: Pesek, Robert D., Reed, Craig C., Muir, Amanda B., Fulkerson, Patricia C., Menard-Katcher, Calies, Falk, Gary W., Kuhl, Jonathan, Martin, Ellen K., Magier, Adam Z., Ahmed, Faria, Demarshall, Maureen, Gupta, Ankur, Gross, Jonathan, Ashorobi, Tokunbo, Carpenter, Christina L., Krischer, Jeffrey P., Gonsalves, Nirmala, Spergel, Jonathan M., Gupta, Sandeep K., Furuta, Glenn T., Rothenberg, Marc E., Dellon, Evan S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use; Biopsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Colitis - diagnosis; Colitis - drug therapy; Colitis - epidemiology; Comorbidity - trends; Consortia; Endoscopy; Enteritis - diagnosis; Enteritis - drug therapy; Enteritis - epidemiology; Eosinophilia - diagnosis; Eosinophilia - drug therapy; Eosinophilia - epidemiology; Eosinophils - pathology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Forecasting; Gastritis - diagnosis; Gastritis - drug therapy; Gastritis - epidemiology; Gastroenteritis; Gastroenteritis - diagnosis; Gastroenteritis - drug therapy; Gastroenteritis - epidemiology; Gastrointestinal Agents - therapeutic use; Hospitals; Humans; Immune response; Incidence; Infant; Inflammation; Inflammatory bowel disease; Intestinal Mucosa - pathology; Male; Medical history; Medical records; Middle Aged; Patients; Pediatrics; Population; Retrospective Studies; Small intestine; Trends; United States - epidemiology; Variables; Young Adult; United States

The literature related to eosinophilic gastritis (EG), gastroenteritis (EGE), and colitis (EC) is limited. We aimed to characterize rates of diagnosis, clinical features, and initial treatments for patients with EG, EGE, and EC. In this retrospective study, data were collected from 6 centers in the...