bloody diarrhea; inflammatory diarrhea
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Etiology
- enterohemorrhagic E coli (Shiga toxin-producing E coli) is the most common cause of bloody diarrhea in the U.S.
- Shigella
- Campylobacter jejuni (diarrhea generally not bloody)[1]
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus
- Clostridium difficile
- amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica)
- intestinal ischemia
- inflammatory bowel disease
- colchicine toxicity
- blood in stool may be observed with traveler's diarrhea[3]
Laboratory
Management
- if fever & other symptoms of dysentery, empiric antibiotics indicated*
* antibiotics may worsen outcome of Shiga-toxin producting E coli
Notes
Also see:
- bloody versus non-bloody diarrhea
- infectious diarrhea
- traveler's diarrhea if travel related
More general terms
More specific terms
Additional terms
- bloody (inflammatory) versus non-bloody (non-inflammatory) diarrhea
- infectious diarrhea; infectious colitis
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18, 19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018, 2021.
- ↑ NEJM Knowledge+ Question of the Week. November 26, 2019 https://knowledgeplus.nejm.org/question-of-week/579/
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 NEJM Knowledge+