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Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mydah Sajid, MD [1]

Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

Characterize the symptoms:

To evaluate cause ask the following questions:

Food history
Occupational exposure (e.g. daycare center, poultry farm)
Exposure to animals (pets, poultry, zoo, turtles)
Recent travel to endemic areas
Medication history (use of proton pump inhibitors increase susceptibility to infection with Shigella)

Does the patient have any of the following clinical signs or history?

Old age (more than 70 years)
Presence of co-morbidities (advance cardiac disease, severe immunocompromised state)
Fever (>101.3 degrees Fahrenheit)
Presence of severe symptoms
Need for hospitalization
Signs of dehydration (dry mucous membranes, sunken eyes, decreased skin turgor, orthostatic hypotension, oliguria, dark-colored urine, and drowsiness)

abdominal tenderness on palpation, rebound tenderness, abdominal distention, and abdominal rigidity.

Yes

No

Perform the following stool tests:

Does the patient have any of the following:

Clinical signs suggestive of inflammatory bowel disease

Symptoms present for more than a week despite conservative management

The patient is a health care worker or food handler (which can be a potential health hazard)

Is the fecal leukocytes or lactoferrin test positive?

Yes

No

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