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===[[Diarrhea]]===
===[[Acute diarrhea]]===
==== Infectious ====
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*Viral (e.g. rotavirus)  
*Viral (e.g. rotavirus)  
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**[[Yersinia]]
**[[Yersinia]]
**[[Vibrio cholerae]]  
**[[Vibrio cholerae]]  
**[[Clostridium Difficile]]  
**[[Clostridium difficile]]  
*[[Parasitic]]
*[[Parasitic]]
**[[Giardia lamblia]]
**[[Giardia lamblia]]

Revision as of 18:21, 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.