Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea Noninflammatory Diarrhea Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora Bacterial 1. Preformed enterotoxin production - Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens 2. Enterotoxin production - Enterotoxigenic E coli (ETEC), Vibrio cholera, Vibrio vulnificus Inflammatory Diarrhea Viral - Cytomegalovirus Protozoal - Entamoeba histolytica Bacterial 1. Cytotoxin production Enterohemorrhagic E coli 0157:H5 (EHEC), Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Clostridium difficile 2. Mucosal invasion - Shigella, Campylobacterjejuni, Salmonella, Enteroinvasive E coli (EIEC), Aeromonas, Plesiomonas, Yersinia enterocolitica, Chlamydia, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Listeria monocytogenes #Diarrhea #Causes #Acute #Infectious #differential #diagnosis #table
