29 results
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Causes of Acute Infectious ... Diarrhea Viral ... Causes #Acute #Infectious ... #differential # ... diagnosis #table
Infectious Diarrhea - Laboratory Testing

Clostridium difficile
Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp, Campylobacter spp 
Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and
Infectious Diarrhea ... - Laboratory Testing ... #Diarrhea #diagnosis ... #differential # ... Laboratory #Testing
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea ... Ova and parasite ... testing, if: ... HIV infection or ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup ... Ova and Parasite ... negative and diarrhea ... Algorithm #Transplant #diagnosis ... #differential
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... meds, Consider diagnostic ... show melanosis coli ... / #Chronic #Diarrhea ... #differential #
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis by Classification ... • Severe diarrhea ... Anaphylaxis - Spinal cord ... #Table #CriticalCare
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Infections 2. ... abdominal pain, diarrhea ... #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #comparison ... #table
Enteric E.coli
EnteroPathogenic E. coli (EPEC) - Diarrhoea in children
EnteroHaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) - Haemorrhagic colitis HUS
EnteroToxigenic
(EPEC) - Diarrhoea ... (EAEC) - Diarrhoea ... UTI and systemic infections ... pathophysiology #strains #diagnosis ... #differential
CHEESY Mnemonic for Infectious Causes of Bloody Diarrhea

C - Campylobacter
H - Hemorrhagic E Coli
E - Enteroinvasive
Causes of Bloody Diarrhea ... Hemorrhagic E Coli ... #Bloody #Diarrhea ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Hemorrhagic
Important causes of diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS
Severity, chronicity/persistence will depend On CD4 count & sites
Important causes of diarrhea ... count & sites of infection ... - Others: E. coli ... #HIVAIDS #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes