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**[[Shigella]]
**[[Shigella]]
**[[Salmonella]] (nontyphi)  
**[[Salmonella]] (nontyphi)  
**[[E. coli]]
**[[Escherichia coli]]
**E. coli 0157:H7  
**E. coli 0157:H7  
**[[Yersinia enterocolitica]]
**[[Yersinia enterocolitica]]

Revision as of 18:25, 4 June 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.