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Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Acute Infectious Diarrhea ... Noninflammatory Diarrhea ... Inflammatory Diarrhea ... parahaemolyticus, Clostridium difficile ... monocytogenes #Diarrhea
Common causes of post-Transplant Diarrhea
 • Bacterial: Clostridium difficile, Campylobacter spp., Salmonella spp., Bacterial overgrowth, Aeromonus
post-Transplant Diarrhea ... Bacterial: Clostridium difficile ... #Transplant #Diarrhea
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Acute Diarrhea - ... E. coli, C difficile ... Colitis #Acute #Diarrhea
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea ... abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea ... C difficile assay ... Diarrhea > 10 days ... Bloody diarrhea,
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - ... Invasive: Clostridium difficile ... uw_IMresidency #Acute #Diarrhea
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup ... C. difficile PCR ... testing negative and diarrhea ... malabsorption #Diarrhea
Infectious Diarrhea - Laboratory Testing

Clostridium difficile
Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp, Campylobacter spp 
Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and
Infectious Diarrhea ... Clostridium difficile ... associated with diarrhea ... #Infectious #Diarrhea
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
of Infectious Diarrhea ... Persistent or chronic diarrhea ... species, Clostridium difficile ... syndrome) • Diarrhea ... and nonbloody diarrhea
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea ... Osmotic Diarrhea ... Factitious diarrhea ... Factitious diarrhea ... Bacterial: Clostridium difficile
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile ... ABx) → Acute Diarrhea ... Clostridioides #Difficile