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Diagnostic criteria for Neutropenic Enterocolitis (NEC)
Major Criteria:
 • Neutropenia (ANC <500 x 10^9 cells/L)
 • Bowel
for Neutropenic Enterocolitis ... Abdominal cramping • Diarrhea ... #Neutropenic #Enterocolitis
Pathogens Causing Bloody Diarrhea = SEECSY Mnemonic

SEECSY= Bloody diarrhea doesn’t sounds SEXY 
S = Salmonella
E =
Causing Bloody Diarrhea ... SEECSY= Bloody diarrhea ... Y = Yersinia Enterocolitica ... JonathanBwalya/bacterial-diarrhea ... Pathogens #Bloody #Diarrhea
Yersiniosis - Yersinia Enterocolitica

Clinical 
• Nausea and vomiting 
• Diarrhea 
• Abdominal pain 
• Fever 
Post-Infectious
Yersiniosis - Yersinia Enterocolitica ... and vomiting • Diarrhea ... Yersiniosis #Yersinia #Enterocolitica
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Acute Infectious Diarrhea ... Noninflammatory Diarrhea ... Inflammatory Diarrhea ... Plesiomonas, Yersinia enterocolitica ... monocytogenes #Diarrhea
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
of Infectious Diarrhea ... Persistent or chronic diarrhea ... , and Yersinia enterocolitica ... and fever - Y. enterocolitica ... syndrome) • Diarrhea
Suggested algorithm for treating irritable bowel syndrome-diarrheal type (IBS-D) 

#IBSD #diarrhea #Algorithm #irritable #bowel #syndrome #management
bowel syndrome-diarrheal ... IBS-D) #IBSD #diarrhea
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
 •
Plague • Yersinia enterocolitica ... - Enterocolitis
Approach to Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

Acute Diarrhea (MINT):
 • Medications
 • Infections: Inflammatory
Approach to Diarrhea ... : Inflammatory diarrhea ... , Watery diarrhea ... • Watery diarrhea ... • Fatty diarrhea
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Ischemic: Small Bowel vs Large Bowel
 • Infectious: Diarrhea-Predominant
Acute Diarrhea - ... • Infectious: Diarrhea-Predominant ... Dietary (osmotic diarrhea ... ) #Acute #Diarrhea
Causes of Diarrhea 
#Diarrhea #DDX
Causes of Diarrhea ... #Diarrhea #DDX