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Infectious Diarrhea - Laboratory Testing

Clostridium difficile
Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp, Campylobacter spp 
Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and
difficile Salmonella enterica ... spp Salmonella enterica ... and Paratyphi (enteric ... adenovirus Enteric ... Diarrhea #diagnosis #differential
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
/ Local water: entenc ... days: malaria, enteric ... days: malaria, enteric ... diarrhea, RTI, enteric ... History #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Small Bowel Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis
Common Causes:
 • Under age 40 years: Inflammatory Bowel
Bowel Bleeding - Differential ... Hematobilia, Aorto-enteric ... fistula, Hemosuccus entericus ... SmallBowel #Bleeding #Differential
Duodenal Mass Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
- Prolapsing Gastric Polyp
- Heterotopic Gastric Mucosa
- Brunner Gland Hyperplasia
- Lymphoid
Mass Lesions - Differential ... Ampullary Carcinoma - Enteric ... Mass #Lesions #Differential
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... bowel diarrhea • Enteric ... #LowPhosphate #Differential
Causes of Nephrolithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radio-opaque - Calcium-containing - 90% of stones
Radiolucent - Non-calcium 10%
Nephrolithiasis - Differential ... Hyperoxaluria: • Enteric ... Nephrolithiasis #Nephrology #Differential
Causes of CSF Lymphocytic Pleocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Viral: Arbo, Adeno, Herpes, Entero, HIV
Fungal: Cryptococcus, Cocci, Histo,
Pleocytosis - Differential ... Adeno, Herpes, Entero ... #Pleocytosis #Differential
ID Ddx: Diarrhea in a transplant recipient
- Bacterial: C.diff, Campy, Salmonella, Aeromonas, E.coli
- Viral: CMV, noro,
, rota, adeno, entero ... #Infections #Differential
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
Copper Deficiency - Differential ... Parenteral or enteral ... Copper #Deficiency #Differential
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Broad range of enteric ... Transplant #diagnosis #differential