Chronic Diarrhea in a Drinker: A Breakthrough Case of Pellagra in the US South

• Main Authors: Krystal Mills MD (Author), Oluwole Akintayo MD (Author), Linda Egbosiuba BS (Author), Salome Dadzie MD (Author), Adrina Skyles BS (Author), Kudo Jang MD (Author), Shaheen Fatima MD (Author), Norberto Fas MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The triad of diarrhea, dementia, and dermatitis constitutes the clinical diagnosis of pellagra. However, most reported cases of pellagra have occurred without all components of the triad. Pellagra was declared eradicated in the United States after an outbreak in the 1920s, and is now considered to b...