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*Viral (e.g. rotavirus)  
*Viral (e.g. rotavirus)  
*Bacterial  
*Bacterial  
**[[Campylobactor]]
**[[Campylobacter]]
**[[Shigella]]
**[[Shigella]]
**[[Salmonella]] (nontyphi)  
**[[Salmonella]] (nontyphi)  

Revision as of 15:30, 9 September 2015

Acute diarrhea

Infectious

Noninfectious

Watery Diarrhea

  • Enterotoxigenic E. coli (most common cause of watery diarrhea)[1]
  • Norovirus (often has prominent vomiting)
  • Campylobacter
  • Non-typhoidal Salmonella
  • Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)
  • Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis

Traveler's Diarrhea

  1. Marx et al. “Cholera and Gastroenteritis caused by Noncholera Vibrio Species”. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine 8th edition vol 1 pg 1245-1246.