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Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
E coli (ETEC), Vibrio ... cholera, Vibrio ... 0157:H5 (EHEC), Vibrio ... Acute #Infectious #differential
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - Differential ... monocytogenes, Vibrio ... Salmonella, Yersinia, Vibrio ... Acute #Diarrhea #Differential
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Waterborne Infections - Differential ... (Shigella) • Vibrio ... Cholera/Vibrio ... vulnificus • Vibrio ... Waterborne #Infections #Differential
Microorganisms isolated & reported from Crocodile or alligator bites
1. Vibrio vulnificus
2. Citrobacter spp. 
3. Burkholderia pseudomallei
4.
Vibrio vulnificus ... crocodile #bites #differential
Waterborne Pathogens / Infections
 • Aeromonas - freshwater or brackish water
 • Edwardsiella tarda - freshwater
brackish water • Vibrio ... #microbiology #differential
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
filariasis) Oysters - Vibrio ... parahaemolyticus, Vibrio ... marine creature) - Vibrio ... Zoonotic #zoonoses #differential
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
filariasis) Oysters - Vibrio ... parahaemolyticus, Vibrio ... marine creature) - Vibrio ... Zoonotic #zoonoses #differential
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
histolytica, noncholera Vibrio ... Yersinia, noncholera Vibrio ... Diarrhea #diagnosis #differential
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
Vibrio Vulnificus ... Vibrio vulnificus ... First case of vibrio ... Risk factors for vibrio ... Vibrio vulnificus
Vibrio vulnificus Infection- At the time of presentation, hemorrhagic bullae measuring 3.5 by 4.5 cm had
Vibrio vulnificus ... urgently, and Vibrio ... #photo #NEJM #vibrio