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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... Ova and parasite ... Travel to endemic ... Hospitalization required #Acute ... #Diarrhea #management
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
, weakness +/- diarrhea ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
canoeing, kayaking, trail ... , vomiting and diarrhea ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #microbiology ... #diagnosis #treatment ... #management
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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pain, hemoptysis, diarrhea ... first line of treatment ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Diagnosis and Management ... International travel ... cramping, Watery diarrhea ... #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Aeromonas spp - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Aeromonas spp: Gram-negative Rods, oxidase positive and glucose fermenter.
Virulence: Toxin
Diagnosis and Management ... Presentations: • Diarrhea ... #microbiology # ... InfectiousDiseases ... #treatment
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
penetrate the skin + travel ... symptoms: - GI: diarrhea ... Hyperinfection syndrome is caused ... hyperinfection w see ... strongyloidiasis #microbiology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... on ABx) → Acute ... Diarrhea (>3 BM ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... arrythmias • Other: Diarrhea ... variants: (1) acute ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
• In rare cases ... the region of travel ... against travelers’ diarrhea ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic