Enterocolitis is an inflammation of the digestive tract, involving enteritis of the small intestine and colitis of the colon.

Common clinical manifestations of enterocolitis are frequent diarrheal defecations, with or without nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, chills, and alteration of general condition.

General manifestations are given by the dissemination of the infectious agent or its toxins throughout the body, or – most frequently – by significant losses of water and minerals, the consequence of diarrhea and vomiting.

Symptoms of enterocolitis include abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, fever, and loss of appetite.

Among the causal agents of acute enterocolitis are:[citation needed] Specific types of enterocolitis include:[2][3] Treatment depends on aetiology e.g.