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==Risk factors== | |||
== | Most common risk factors for [[Acute diarrhea]] include: | ||
*Travel: | |||
**Bacteria: Examples: Enterotoxigenic E.coli [[ETEC]], Shigella, Campylobacter, Salmonella. | |||
**Virus: Examples: Rota virus, Noro virus, Enteric Adenovirus. | |||
**Parasites and Protozoans: Examples: Entamoeba histolytica, Cryptosporidium, Giardia. | |||
*[[Epidemics]] and [[Outbreaks]]: | |||
**bacterial:Shigella, Vibrio cholerae | |||
**VIRAL:Noro virus, Rota virus. | |||
**Protozoan: Example: Cryptosporidium | |||
*Animal contact: Examples: Non typhoidal Salmonella, Campylobacter | |||
*Day care: Common organisms include Noro virus, Rota virus, Enteohemorrhagic E.coli [[EHEC]] | |||
*Poor sanitation and crowding | |||
*Food history: | |||
**Consumption of raw or undercooked meats,Fish, Canned foods, Raw eggs,Frozen food (Examples: Salmonella, STEC, Clostridium perfringens, L.monocytogenes) | |||
*Antibiotic use and Hospitalization: | |||
**[[Clostridium difficile]] | |||
* | ** Drug side effects | ||
**Ischemic colitis(initially acute then chronic) | |||
* | *Homosexual men | ||
*Immunosupression: HIV,CMV, [[Mycobacterium Avium complex]], Medications, Transplant recipients. | |||
*Common | *Old age | ||
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Risk factors
Most common risk factors for Acute diarrhea include:
- Travel:
- Bacteria: Examples: Enterotoxigenic E.coli ETEC, Shigella, Campylobacter, Salmonella.
- Virus: Examples: Rota virus, Noro virus, Enteric Adenovirus.
- Parasites and Protozoans: Examples: Entamoeba histolytica, Cryptosporidium, Giardia.
- Epidemics and Outbreaks:
- bacterial:Shigella, Vibrio cholerae
- VIRAL:Noro virus, Rota virus.
- Protozoan: Example: Cryptosporidium
- Animal contact: Examples: Non typhoidal Salmonella, Campylobacter
- Day care: Common organisms include Noro virus, Rota virus, Enteohemorrhagic E.coli EHEC
- Poor sanitation and crowding
- Food history:
- Consumption of raw or undercooked meats,Fish, Canned foods, Raw eggs,Frozen food (Examples: Salmonella, STEC, Clostridium perfringens, L.monocytogenes)
- Antibiotic use and Hospitalization:
- Clostridium difficile
- Drug side effects
- Ischemic colitis(initially acute then chronic)
- Homosexual men
- Immunosupression: HIV,CMV, Mycobacterium Avium complex, Medications, Transplant recipients.
- Old age