Acute diarrhea
DDx
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- Ischemic colitis
Infectious: noninflammatory (nonbloody)
- Viruses: Norwalk virus, rotavirus, adenoviruses, astrovirus, coronavirus
- Preformed toxin (food poisoning): Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens
- Toxin production: enterotoxigenic E. coli, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus
- Protozoa: Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Isospora
Infectious: invasive or inflammatory
- Shigella, Salmonella, Campylobacter, enteroinvasive E. coli, E. coli O157:H7, Yersinia enterocolitica, Clostridium difficile (e.g., pseudomembranous colitis), Entamoeba histolytica, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Listeria monocytogenes
Associated with unprotected anal intercourse
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae, syphilis, lymphogranuloma venereum, herpes simplex
Noninfectious
- Drug reaction, especially antibiotics
- Ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease (inflammatory)
- Ischemic colitis (inflammatory)
- Fecal impaction (stool may leak around impaction)
- Laxative abuse
- Radiation colitis (inflammatory)
- Emotional stress
- Malabsorption syndrome
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Last updated: March 5, 2015
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Zeiger, Roni F.. "Acute Diarrhea." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114452/0/Acute_diarrhea.
Zeiger RFR. Acute diarrhea. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114452/0/Acute_diarrhea. Accessed October 15, 2024.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Acute diarrhea. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114452/0/Acute_diarrhea
Zeiger RFR. Acute Diarrhea [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2024 October 15]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114452/0/Acute_diarrhea.
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