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===Complete Differential Diagnosis of the Causes of Cholera=== | ===Complete Differential Diagnosis of the Causes of Cholera=== | ||
====Other Infectious Diarrhea==== | |||
* Difficult to differentiate specially if the diarrhea is mild and in early stages. | |||
* Bloody diarrhea guides to a diagnosis of Shigella or hemorrhagic E.coli. | |||
* Stool culture, PCR and other techniques help to differentaite these conditions. However, its not many a times performed because of cost or non-availability at many centers. | |||
(By organ system) | (By organ system) | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editors-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, MBBS [2]
Overview
Patient may give a history of consumption of contaminated food or water, and travel to an endemic area. The symptoms usually develop within 24-48 hour of consumption of contaminated food. Patient presents with sudden onset, painless, odorless, rice watery large volume stool, abdominal cramps, vomiting and fever. It should be differentiated from other infectious causes of diarrhea for e.g. rotavirus, E.coli, amebic dysentry and giardiasis. It should also be differentiated from some non-infectious causes of diarrhea for e.g. VIPoma, tubulovillous adenoma and food poisoning.
Differential diagnosis
Complete Differential Diagnosis of the Causes of Cholera
Other Infectious Diarrhea
- Difficult to differentiate specially if the diarrhea is mild and in early stages.
- Bloody diarrhea guides to a diagnosis of Shigella or hemorrhagic E.coli.
- Stool culture, PCR and other techniques help to differentaite these conditions. However, its not many a times performed because of cost or non-availability at many centers.
(By organ system)
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical / poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | VIPoma, Tubulovillous adenoma, Food poisoning |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | Giardiasis, amoebic dysentry, E.coli, Strongyloides, |
| Musculoskeletal / Ortho | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional / Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose / Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal / Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheum / Immune / Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |