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==Differentiating Tropical sprue from other Diseases== | ==Differentiating Tropical sprue from other Diseases== | ||
===Chronic diarrhea=== | |||
* Tropical sprue | |||
* Ulcerative Colitis, | |||
* Crohn's disease | |||
* Diarrhea, chronic responsive to antiparasitic drugs | |||
* Diarrhea, chronic unknown | |||
* Inflammatory bowel disease, new onset post-travel (Crohn or ulcerative colitis) | |||
* Irritable bowel syndrome | |||
* Irritable bowel syndrome, post infectious | |||
* Lactose intolerance, post infectious | |||
* Malabsorption | |||
===Acute diarrhea=== | |||
* E. coli | |||
* Clostridium difficile-associated disease | |||
* Campylobacter | |||
* Cholera (toxigenic Vibrio cholerae) | |||
* Cryptosporidium | |||
* Cyclospora | |||
* Diarrhea, acute bacterial | |||
* Diarrhea, acute parasitic | |||
* Diarrhea, acute unspecified | |||
* Diarrhea, acute viral | |||
* Dysentery, acute unspecified | |||
* Entamoeba histolytica, ameba | |||
* E. histolytica, diarrhea | |||
* E. histolytica, dysentery | |||
* Food poisoning | |||
* Gastroenteritis | |||
* Giardia | |||
* Isospora | |||
* Noncholera Vibrio | |||
* Salmonella, other | |||
* Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli | |||
* Shigella, S. boydii | |||
* Shigella, S. dysenteriae | |||
* Shigella, S. flexneri | |||
The following diseases have a similar presentation to tropical sprue. | The following diseases have a similar presentation to tropical sprue. |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Tropical sprue must be differentiated from celiac disease, chronic diarrhea, Clonorchiasis, traveler's diarrhea, and whipworm.
Differentiating Tropical sprue from other Diseases
Chronic diarrhea
- Tropical sprue
- Ulcerative Colitis,
- Crohn's disease
- Diarrhea, chronic responsive to antiparasitic drugs
- Diarrhea, chronic unknown
- Inflammatory bowel disease, new onset post-travel (Crohn or ulcerative colitis)
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Irritable bowel syndrome, post infectious
- Lactose intolerance, post infectious
- Malabsorption
Acute diarrhea
- E. coli
- Clostridium difficile-associated disease
- Campylobacter
- Cholera (toxigenic Vibrio cholerae)
- Cryptosporidium
- Cyclospora
- Diarrhea, acute bacterial
- Diarrhea, acute parasitic
- Diarrhea, acute unspecified
- Diarrhea, acute viral
- Dysentery, acute unspecified
- Entamoeba histolytica, ameba
- E. histolytica, diarrhea
- E. histolytica, dysentery
- Food poisoning
- Gastroenteritis
- Giardia
- Isospora
- Noncholera Vibrio
- Salmonella, other
- Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
- Shigella, S. boydii
- Shigella, S. dysenteriae
- Shigella, S. flexneri
The following diseases have a similar presentation to tropical sprue.
- Celiac Disease
- Chronic diarrhea
- Clonorchiasis
- Traveler's diarrhea
- Whipworm